Franklin D. Roosevelt:

We have new problems, new conditions, new methods. The old formula, 'let nature take its course,' is not good enough. We must be prepared to use the instruments of government to meet the new conditions.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt Modern

US President during WWII

Context

Address at the Commonwealth Club

Date / Period

1932

Source

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-commonwealth-club-san-fran…

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Explanation

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