“We have undertaken a new order of things; yet we progress to it under the framework and in the spirit and intent of the American Constitution.”

—  Franklin D. Roosevelt

1930s, State of the Union Address (1935)
Context: We have undertaken a new order of things; yet we progress to it under the framework and in the spirit and intent of the American Constitution. We have proceeded throughout the Nation a measurable distance on the road toward this new order.

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