FDR: “It is better to have protection and not need it than to need…”

On the recordOctober 28, 1940

It is better to have protection and not need it than to need protection and not have it.

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Democratic · New York

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Radio Address for the Drawing Under the Selective Service Act of 1940

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FDR: “It is better to have protection and not need it than to need protection and not have it.”