And, finally, the third principle is to use the agencies of government to assist in the establishment of means to provide sound and adequate protection against the vicissitudes of modern life--in other words, social insurance.
Roosevelt describes the third principle as utilizing government to provide social insurance for citizens.
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The coming victory of the United Nations means that they, and not their enemies, have power to establish the foundations of the future.
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger.
I do know it will come, and I do know that tonight there are over seven and a half million Americans overseas or fighting afloat in this great war.
We must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.
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