The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance o…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. ✨ Second Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1937
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