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... had used the progressive senti- ment of the people for personal gain . It has been said that every great movement in human affairs incarnates itself in a personality . Certain it V is that this crisis in American life has brought forth.
... had used the progressive senti- ment of the people for personal gain . It has been said that every great movement in human affairs incarnates itself in a personality . Certain it V is that this crisis in American life has brought forth.
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... American public life . It would be well for the future of our country , quite regardless of the fate of any or all parties , if this book could be read by every voter under our flag . To have been a leader of progressive opinion while ...
... American public life . It would be well for the future of our country , quite regardless of the fate of any or all parties , if this book could be read by every voter under our flag . To have been a leader of progressive opinion while ...
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... American people as against in- defensible and reactionary court decisions in favor of the privileged classes as " laying the axe at the root of the tree of well - ordered freedom , " then the Presi- dent is standing against the sane and ...
... American people as against in- defensible and reactionary court decisions in favor of the privileged classes as " laying the axe at the root of the tree of well - ordered freedom , " then the Presi- dent is standing against the sane and ...
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... American people . Most surely if the wise and mod- erate control we advocate does not come , then some day these men or their descendants will have to face the chance of some movement of really dangerous and drastic character being ...
... American people . Most surely if the wise and mod- erate control we advocate does not come , then some day these men or their descendants will have to face the chance of some movement of really dangerous and drastic character being ...
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... American people . I stand for the adequate control , the real control , of all big business , and especially of all monopolistic big business where it proves unwise or impossible to break up the monopoly . There is a grim irony in the ...
... American people . I stand for the adequate control , the real control , of all big business , and especially of all monopolistic big business where it proves unwise or impossible to break up the monopoly . There is a grim irony in the ...
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