FDR: “Even before I was inaugurated I came to the conclusion that such a…”

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Even before I was inaugurated I came to the conclusion that such a policy was too much to ask the American people to bear.

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Roosevelt reflects on his pre-inauguration conclusion that the American people should not bear excessive burdens during the crisis.

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