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FDR: He must not let the country be deceived by a merely temporary prosperity which depends on wasteful exploitation of…

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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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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt cautions against temporary prosperity that exploits resources unsustainably.

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