FDR: “I would rather be a builder than a wrecker, hoping always that the…”

On the recordAugust 24, 1943

I would rather be a builder than a wrecker, hoping always that the structure of life is growing—not dying.

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Democratic · New York

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Address at Ottawa, Canada

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FDR: “I would rather be a builder than a wrecker, hoping always that the structure of life is growing—not dying.”