Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is true that we in Washington are seeking definitely to increase the purchasing power of the average American citizen and, therefore, of the Nation as a whole.

Context

Remarks at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

08/25/1933

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