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FDR: To prepare each citizen to choose wisely and to enable him to choose freely are paramount functions of the schools in a…

On the recordSeptember 26, 1938
To prepare each citizen to choose wisely and to enable him to choose freely are paramount functions of the schools in a democracy.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message for American Education Week

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