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FDR: Read each provision of that Bill of Rights and ask yourself whether you personally have suffered the impairment of a…

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Read each provision of that Bill of Rights and ask yourself whether you personally have suffered the impairment of a single jot of these great assurances.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of the Bill of Rights and personal reflection on its protections.

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