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FDR: I can never forget that some well-meaning people have even recently seriously suggested that the right to vote be denied…

On the recordSeptember 19, 1940
I can never forget that some well-meaning people have even recently seriously suggested that the right to vote be denied to American men and women who through no fault of their own had lost their jobs.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at University of Pennsylvania

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