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FDR: An ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure.

On the recordJuly 11, 1937
An ounce of prevention was worth a pound of cure.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Cornerstone Laying Ceremonies for the New Federal Trade Commission Building

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