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FDR: Yes, we have learned to go behind the headlines and behind the leads and behind the glittering generalities.

On the recordJanuary 6, 1939
Yes, we have learned to go behind the headlines and behind the leads and behind the glittering generalities.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at the Jackson Day Dinner

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