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FDR: “The instincts of the common man, willing to live and let live, work out the best and safest balance for the common good.”

On the recordJanuary 7, 1938
The instincts of the common man, willing to live and let live, work out the best and safest balance for the common good.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at the Jackson Day Dinner

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