FDR: “There is nothing in our present emergency to justify a retreat from…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 1940

There is nothing in our present emergency to justify a retreat from any of our social objectives.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Address at Teamsters Union Convention, Washington, D.C.

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FDR: “There is nothing in our present emergency to justify a retreat from any of our social objectives.”