I believe with Abraham Lincoln, that 'The legitimate object of Government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all or cannot do so well for themselves in their separate and individual capacities.'
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I wish I had the power, just for this evening, to be present at all of these gatherings.
As their Commander in Chief I call upon you, my fellow Americans, to oversubscribe the 1945 Red Cross War Fund.
It will recommend agricultural policies and advise Nations on their food and agricultural problems, but it will have no power to coerce or command.
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