FDR: “The machine in hands of irresponsible conquerors becomes the master…”

On the recordJune 9, 1940

The machine in hands of irresponsible conquerors becomes the master; mankind is not only the servant; it is the victim, too.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Address at University of Virginia

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