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Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom lincoln called the common people. democracy can hold that devotion only when it adequately respects their dignity by so ordering society as to assure to the masses of men and women reasonable security and hope for themselves and for their children.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Democracy Can Thrive Only When It Enlists

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom lincoln called the common people. democracy can hold that devotion only when it adequately respects their dignity by so ordering society as to assure to the masses of men and women reasonable security and hope for themselves and for their children.
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