“a stunning failure of leadership”
“any external aggressor will clash with an impregnable resistance.”
“This budget is the epitome of 'America Last.'”
“We are unstoppable.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”

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On the recordMarch 28, 1933
The purpose of the legislation I suggest is to protect the public with the least possible interference with honest business.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic · New York
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