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FDR: The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of…

On the recordOctober 22, 1940
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Rear-platform Remarks at Wilmington, Delaware

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