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But we cannot yield our constitutional destiny to the personal judgment of a few men who, being fearful of the future, would deny us the necessary means of dealing with the present.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “But we cannot yield our constitutional destiny to the personal judgment of a few men who, being fearful of the future…”
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Roosevelt insists that the nation's constitutional future should not be left to the fears of a few individuals.
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