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FDR: We count, in the future as in the past, on the driving power of individual initiative and the incentive of fair private…

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We count, in the future as in the past, on the driving power of individual initiative and the incentive of fair private profit, strengthened with the acceptance of those obligations to the public interest which rest upon us all.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt expresses confidence in individual initiative and fair profit as drivers of economic recovery.

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