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FDR: There are people who burrow through our Nation like unseeing moles, and attempt to spread the suspicion that if other…

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There are people who burrow through our Nation like unseeing moles, and attempt to spread the suspicion that if other Nations are encouraged to raise their standards of living, our own American standard of living must of necessity be depressed.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt critiques those who spread suspicion about international standards of living, advocating for mutual improvement.

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