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Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
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Roosevelt warns that economic hardship can lead to the rise of dictatorship, emphasizing the need for economic stability.
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