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FDR: The freest Government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a…

On the recordOctober 20, 1936
The freest Government, if it could exist, would not be long acceptable, if the tendency of the laws were to create a rapid accumulation of property in few hands, and to render the great mass of the population dependent and penniless.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at Boston, Mass.

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