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FDR: “Neither can get far nor long thrive among a people who have learned to think for themselves.”

On the recordNovember 1, 1936
Neither can get far nor long thrive among a people who have learned to think for themselves.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Final Campaign Radio Speech of the 1936 Presidential Campaign

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