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FDR: “With a better understanding of our purposes, and a more intelligent recognition of our needs as a Nation, it is not to…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 1937
With a better understanding of our purposes, and a more intelligent recognition of our needs as a Nation, it is not to be assumed that there will be prolonged failure to bring legislative and judicial action into closer harmony.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Annual Message to Congress

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