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FDR: When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

On the recordSeptember 10, 1941
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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