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FDR: I must confess that I do so with mixed feelings—because I find myself, as almost everyone does sooner or later in his…

On the recordJuly 18, 1940
I must confess that I do so with mixed feelings—because I find myself, as almost everyone does sooner or later in his lifetime, in a conflict between deep personal desire for retirement on the one hand, and that quiet, invisible thing called 'conscience' on the other.
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Democratic · New York

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Radio Address to the Democratic National Convention Accepting the Nomination

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