Even FDR knew that socialism destroys the human spirit.
"The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit."
1 - Annual Message to Congress
January 4, 1935
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Annual Message to Congress
"The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit."
1 - Annual Message to Congress
January 4, 1935
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Annual Message to Congress
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