"They realize that in thirty-four months we have……" — Franklin D. Roosevelt

"They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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