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Fundamentally the welfare of each citizen, and therefore the welfare of the aggregate of citizens which makes the nation, must rest upon individual thrift and energy, resolution, and intelligence.
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Roosevelt asserts that the nation's welfare depends on the individual qualities of its citizens.
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