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FDR: “We also became convinced that the only way to avoid a repetition of those dark days was to have a government with power…”

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We also became convinced that the only way to avoid a repetition of those dark days was to have a government with power to prevent and to cure the abuses and the inequalities which had thrown that system out of joint.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for a powerful government to prevent economic abuses and inequalities that lead to crises.

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