If this is done, then sooner or later will follow public recognition of the fact that it is done; and when there is no legitimate basis for discontent, the American public is sure sooner or later to cease to feel discontent.
Roosevelt discusses the relationship between public discontent and the legitimacy of grievances in society.
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