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FDR: We had seen social unrest at home and abroad—the frustrated hopes of common men and women.

On the recordOctober 31, 1940
We had seen social unrest at home and abroad—the frustrated hopes of common men and women.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Campaign Address at Brooklyn, New York

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