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FDR: “You boys will be good citizens just as long as you remember your boyhood ideals.”

On the recordOctober 20, 1933
You boys will be good citizens just as long as you remember your boyhood ideals.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Washington College, Chestertown, Md., on Receiving an Honorary Degree

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