FDR: “I use this word 'security' not in the narrower sense of old-age…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1936

I use this word 'security' not in the narrower sense of old-age pensions and of unemployment insurance, fine as these objectives are.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Address at Wichita, Kansas

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FDR: “I use this word 'security' not in the narrower sense of old-age pensions and of unemployment insurance, fine as these…”