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FDR: We do not pretend to be infallible in our efforts- but we are at least trying.

On the recordOctober 11, 1936
We do not pretend to be infallible in our efforts- but we are at least trying.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Rear-Platform Remarks at Garden City, Kansas

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