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But as for this country, I stand or fall by my refusal to accept as a necessary condition of our future a permanent army of unemployed.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “But as for this country, I stand or fall by my refusal to accept as a necessary condition of our future a permanent army…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt firmly rejects the idea of accepting permanent unemployment as a future norm for America.
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