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FDR: I believe we owe, therefore, a positive duty to clarify our purposes, to describe our methods and to reiterate our…

On the recordSeptember 5, 1935
I believe we owe, therefore, a positive duty to clarify our purposes, to describe our methods and to reiterate our ideals.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Reply to Letter from Roy W. Howard

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