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FDR: It is in that spirit that, in the consideration of every new problem, our first question is this: 'What makes for the…

On the recordJuly 8, 1938
It is in that spirit that, in the consideration of every new problem, our first question is this: 'What makes for the greatest good of the greatest number?'
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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