FDR: “The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators…”

On the recordJuly 7, 1938

The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Address at Marietta, Ohio.

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