Then we are free to seek not only the heaping up of material wealth, but a wise and generous distribution of such wealth so as to diminish grinding poverty, and, so far as may be, to equalize social and economic no less than political opportunity.
Roosevelt calls for a fair distribution of wealth to alleviate poverty and promote equality of opportunity.
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I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
the fate of the leader for the time being is of little consequence, but the cause itself must in the end triumph, for its triumph is essential to the well-being of the American people.
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