In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In the…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike. ✨ Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1936.
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