FDR: “Charges of dictatorship are made out of whole-cloth—even if I wanted…”

On the recordMarch 28, 1938

Charges of dictatorship are made out of whole-cloth—even if I wanted to be a dictator, which Heaven knows, I do not.

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Democratic · New York

Source

Letter on the Reorganization Bill

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FDR: “Charges of dictatorship are made out of whole-cloth—even if I wanted to be a dictator, which Heaven knows, I do not.”