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FDR: How are we constructing the edifice of recovery--the temple which, when completed, will no longer be a temple of…

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How are we constructing the edifice of recovery--the temple which, when completed, will no longer be a temple of money-changers or of beggars, but rather a temple dedicated to and maintained for a greater social justice, a greater welfare for America--the habitation of a sound economic life?
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt metaphorically describes the recovery as a temple dedicated to social justice and economic well-being.

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