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FDR: Greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches can never bring lasting happiness or good to the individual or to…

On the recordNovember 20, 1933
Greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches can never bring lasting happiness or good to the individual or to his neighbors.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Proclamation 2062—Thanksgiving Day—1933

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