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6. Americans still remembered the Depression and FDR's New Deal.

Reply to DeeDeeNY (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 11:58 AM

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"Socialism is a scare word they've hurled at every advance the people have made. Socialism is what they called public power, social security, deposit insurance, and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for anything that helps all people." - Harry Truman, 1952

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This quote from JFK never gets old [View all] DeeDeeNY Jul 2025 OP

It's perfectly timeless!! ElementaryPenguin Jul 2025 #1

jfk rampartd Jul 2025 #2

From his inaugural address windje Jul 2025 #3

That is the way a U.S. President is SUPPOSED to speak DeeDeeNY Jul 2025 #4

We have gotten so accustomed to the gangster talk of Trump that we have forgotten how a patricia92243 Jul 2025 #5

Americans still remembered the Depression and FDR's New Deal. sop Jul 2025 #6

Trump is so mentally far gone DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #7

ADDRESS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY UPON ACCEPTING THE LIBERAL PARTY NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14, IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 2025 #8

Profiles of Courage? Didnt he say this in New York for the Liberal Party convention? SSJVegeta Jul 2025 #9

ding AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #10

Something RFK Jr. Shoulda Learned! Mr.Bee Jul 2025 #11

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