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FDR: “We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 1944
We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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State of the Union Message to Congress

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