FDR: “It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans…”

On the recordOctober 31, 1940

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

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Democratic · New York

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Campaign Address at Brooklyn, New York

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FDR: “It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.”