FDR: “He must not let the country be deceived by a merely temporary…”

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He must not let the country be deceived by a merely temporary prosperity which depends on wasteful exploitation of resources which cannot last.

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Roosevelt cautions against temporary prosperity that exploits resources unsustainably.

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