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FDR: We can never insure one hundred percent of the population against one hundred percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of…

On the recordAugust 13, 1935
We can never insure one hundred percent of the population against one hundred percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Statement on Signing the Social Security Act

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