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FDR: A sympathetic understanding of fellow men has ever been the hallmark of a leader.

On the recordJune 11, 1935
A sympathetic understanding of fellow men has ever been the hallmark of a leader.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address to the Graduates of the United States Military Academy

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