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	Here is [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-indiana-republican-editorial-association-indianapolis Hoover's original speech].		Here is [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-indiana-republican-editorial-association-indianapolis Hoover's original speech]. The portions not read by Reagan have been collapsed, but you may expand them to read the full speech of you like.
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	While this is the portion Reagan read.		While this is the portion Reagan read. Not a 1:1 direct quotation. This may have been for time, it looks like it was also been a content decision. For example, Reagan removed a reference to 'race' and changing 'man' to 'person'.
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	<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsed">My dear fellow citizens:		<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">My dear fellow citizens:

	It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana. You have provided a marvelous occasion this evening, one in which I know you gentlemen join with me in gratitude to your committee. Never before have I known of 5,000 people sitting down to dinner--of Indiana food at least--so beautifully served, so capably managed, and with the assistance of the girls of a modern university.		It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana. You have provided a marvelous occasion this evening, one in which I know you gentlemen join with me in gratitude to your committee. Never before have I known of 5,000 people sitting down to dinner--of Indiana food at least--so beautifully served, so capably managed, and with the assistance of the girls of a modern university.
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	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.

	<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsed">If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.		<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.

	Our transcendent momentary need is a much larger degree of confidence among our business agencies and that they shall extend this confidence in more than words. If our people will go forth with the confidence and enterprise which our country justifies, many of the mists of this depression will fade away.		Our transcendent momentary need is a much larger degree of confidence among our business agencies and that they shall extend this confidence in more than words. If our people will go forth with the confidence and enterprise which our country justifies, many of the mists of this depression will fade away.

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	<DIV CLASS="mw-~~collapsible~~">My dear fellow citizens:		<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsed">My dear fellow citizens:

	It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana. You have provided a marvelous occasion this evening, one in which I know you gentlemen join with me in gratitude to your committee. Never before have I known of 5,000 people sitting down to dinner--of Indiana food at least--so beautifully served, so capably managed, and with the assistance of the girls of a modern university.		It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana. You have provided a marvelous occasion this evening, one in which I know you gentlemen join with me in gratitude to your committee. Never before have I known of 5,000 people sitting down to dinner--of Indiana food at least--so beautifully served, so capably managed, and with the assistance of the girls of a modern university.
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	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.

	<DIV CLASS="mw-~~collapsible~~">If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.		<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsed">If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.

	Our transcendent momentary need is a much larger degree of confidence among our business agencies and that they shall extend this confidence in more than words. If our people will go forth with the confidence and enterprise which our country justifies, many of the mists of this depression will fade away.		Our transcendent momentary need is a much larger degree of confidence among our business agencies and that they shall extend this confidence in more than words. If our people will go forth with the confidence and enterprise which our country justifies, many of the mists of this depression will fade away.

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	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.

	If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.		<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsible">If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.

	Our transcendent momentary need is a much larger degree of confidence among our business agencies and that they shall extend this confidence in more than words. If our people will go forth with the confidence and enterprise which our country justifies, many of the mists of this depression will fade away.		Our transcendent momentary need is a much larger degree of confidence among our business agencies and that they shall extend this confidence in more than words. If our people will go forth with the confidence and enterprise which our country justifies, many of the mists of this depression will fade away.

	In conclusion, whatever the immediate difficulties may be, we know they are transitory in our lives and in the life of the Nation. We should have full faith and confidence in those mighty resources, those intellectual and spiritual forces, which have impelled this Nation to a success never before known in the history of the world. Far from being impaired, these forces were never stronger than at this moment. Under the guidance of Divine Providence they will return to us a greater and more wholesome prosperity than we have ever known.		In conclusion, whatever the immediate difficulties may be, we know they are transitory in our lives and in the life of the Nation. We should have full faith and confidence in those mighty resources, those intellectual and spiritual forces, which have impelled this Nation to a success never before known in the history of the world. Far from being impaired, these forces were never stronger than at this moment. Under the guidance of Divine Providence they will return to us a greater and more wholesome prosperity than we have ever known.</DIV>

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	~~On the left~~ is [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-indiana-republican-editorial-association-indianapolis Hoover's original speech].		Here is [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-indiana-republican-editorial-association-indianapolis Hoover's original speech].
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	~~On the right will be~~ the portion Reagan read.		While this is the portion Reagan read.
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	My dear fellow citizens:		<DIV CLASS="mw-collapsible">My dear fellow citizens:

	It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana. You have provided a marvelous occasion this evening, one in which I know you gentlemen join with me in gratitude to your committee. Never before have I known of 5,000 people sitting down to dinner--of Indiana food at least--so beautifully served, so capably managed, and with the assistance of the girls of a modern university.		It is difficult for me to find adequate expression for my appreciation of the reception given to me today by the people of Indiana. You have provided a marvelous occasion this evening, one in which I know you gentlemen join with me in gratitude to your committee. Never before have I known of 5,000 people sitting down to dinner--of Indiana food at least--so beautifully served, so capably managed, and with the assistance of the girls of a modern university.
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	We can already observe some directions to which endeavor must be pointed. For instance, it is obvious that the Federal Reserve System was inadequate to prevent a large diversion of capital and bank deposits from commercial and industrial business into wasteful speculation and stock promotion. It is obvious our banking system must be organized to give greater protection to depositors against failures. It is equally obvious that we must determine whether the facilities of our security and commodity exchanges are not being used to create illegitimate speculation and intensify depressions. It is obvious that our taxes upon capital gains viciously promote the booms and just as viciously intensify depressions. In order to avoid taxes, real estate and stocks are withheld from the market in times of rising prices, and for the same reason large quantities are dumped on the market in times of depression. The experiences of this depression indeed demand that the Nation carefully and deliberately reconsider the whole national and local problem of the incidence of taxation. The undue proportion of taxes which falls upon farmers, homeowners, and all real-property holders as compared to other forms of wealth and income demands real relief. There are far wider questions of our social and economic life which this experience will illuminate. We shall know much more of the method of still further advance toward stability, security, and wider diffusion of the benefits of our economic system.		We can already observe some directions to which endeavor must be pointed. For instance, it is obvious that the Federal Reserve System was inadequate to prevent a large diversion of capital and bank deposits from commercial and industrial business into wasteful speculation and stock promotion. It is obvious our banking system must be organized to give greater protection to depositors against failures. It is equally obvious that we must determine whether the facilities of our security and commodity exchanges are not being used to create illegitimate speculation and intensify depressions. It is obvious that our taxes upon capital gains viciously promote the booms and just as viciously intensify depressions. In order to avoid taxes, real estate and stocks are withheld from the market in times of rising prices, and for the same reason large quantities are dumped on the market in times of depression. The experiences of this depression indeed demand that the Nation carefully and deliberately reconsider the whole national and local problem of the incidence of taxation. The undue proportion of taxes which falls upon farmers, homeowners, and all real-property holders as compared to other forms of wealth and income demands real relief. There are far wider questions of our social and economic life which this experience will illuminate. We shall know much more of the method of still further advance toward stability, security, and wider diffusion of the benefits of our economic system.
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	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method. Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of our character</SPAN> and traditions. They believe <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we have established certain ideals over 150 years, upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method. Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of our character</SPAN> and traditions. They believe <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we have established certain ideals over 150 years, upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>

	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward... they fall into two</SPAN> main types. The first <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">holds that the major purpose of a nation is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity</SPAN>. It holds <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that the basis of all happiness is in the development of the individual</SPAN>, and that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves</SPAN> to this end.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward... they fall into two</SPAN> main types. The first <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">holds that the major purpose of a nation is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity</SPAN>. It holds <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that the basis of all happiness is in the development of the individual</SPAN>, and <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves</SPAN> to this end.

	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">The other idea is that we shall, directly or indirectly, regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state</SPAN>. It holds <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we should use force instead of cooperation in planning, and thereby direct every person as to what</SPAN> may or may not be done.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">The other idea is that we shall, directly or indirectly, regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state</SPAN>. It holds <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we should use force instead of cooperation in planning, and thereby direct every person as to what</SPAN> may or may not be done.

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	Our immediate and paramount task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption and pessimism that have swept upon us. The exacting duty of government in these times is by use of its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions; by inspiring cooperation in the community to sustain good will and to keep our country free of disorder and conflict; by cooperation with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer; and by the conduct of government to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life. These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> and paramount <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to rout the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> and pessimism <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept upon us. The</SPAN> exacting <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> by use of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and its influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> by inspiring <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community to</SPAN> sustain <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">good will and</SPAN> to <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free of disorder and conflict;</SPAN> by cooperation <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people to assure that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and by the conduct of government <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN> These have been the objectives of my administration in dealing with this, the greatest crisis the world has ever known. I shall adhere to them.

	If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.		If, as many believe, we have passed the worst of this storm, future months will not be difficult. If we shall be called upon to endure more of this period, we must gird ourselves to steadfast effort, to fail at no point where humanity calls or American ideals are in jeopardy.
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	Our immediate task as a people is to defeat the forces of economic disruption that have swept over us. The duty of government in these times is to use its agencies and influence to strengthen our economic institutions; to inspire cooperation in the community so as to keep up good will and keep our country free from disorder and conflict; to cooperate with the people so that the deserving shall not suffer; and to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life."		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Our immediate</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">task as a people is to defeat the forces of economic disruption</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that have swept over us. The</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">duty of government in these times is</SPAN> to use <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">its agencies and influence to strengthen our economic institutions;</SPAN> to inspire <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">cooperation in the community so as to</SPAN> keep up good will and <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">keep our country free from disorder and conflict;</SPAN> to cooperate <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">with the people so that the deserving shall not suffer;</SPAN> and <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">to strengthen the foundations of a better and stronger national life.</SPAN>"

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	These ideas present themselves in practical questions which we have to meet. Shall we abandon the philosophy and creed of our people for 150 years by turning to a creed foreign to our people? Shall we establish a dole from the Federal Treasury? Shall we undertake Federal ownership and operation of public utilities instead of the rigorous regulation of them to prevent imposition? Shall we protect our people from the lower standards of living of foreign countries? Shall the Government, except in temporary national emergencies, enter upon business processes in competition with its citizens? Shall we regiment our people by an extension of the arm of bureaucracy into a multitude of affairs?		These ideas present themselves in practical questions which we have to meet. <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Shall we abandon the philosophy and creed of our people for 150 years by turning to a</SPAN> creed <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">foreign to our people? Shall we establish a</SPAN> dole <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">from the Federal Treasury? Shall we undertake Federal ownership and operation of public utilities instead of</SPAN> the rigorous regulation of them to prevent imposition? Shall we protect our people from the lower standards of living of foreign countries? <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Shall the Government, except in temporary national emergencies, enter</SPAN> upon business processes in competition with its citizens? <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Shall we regiment our people by an extension of the arm of bureaucracy into a</SPAN> multitude of <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">affairs?</SPAN>
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	Shall we abandon the philosophy and beliefs of our people for 150 years by turning to a belief that is foreign to our people? Shall we establish a giveaway from the federal treasury? Shall we undertake federal ownership and operation of public utilities instead of regulating them? Shall the government, except in temporary national emergencies, enter into competition with its citizens? Shall we regiment our people by extending the arm of bureaucracy into a great many affairs?		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Shall we abandon the philosophy and</SPAN> beliefs <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">of our people for 150 years by turning to a</SPAN> belief that is <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">foreign to our people? Shall we establish a</SPAN> giveaway <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">from the federal treasury? Shall we undertake federal ownership and operation of public utilities instead of</SPAN> regulating them? <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Shall the government, except in temporary national emergencies, enter into</SPAN> competition with its citizens? <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Shall we regiment our people by extending the arm of bureaucracy into a</SPAN> great many <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">affairs?</SPAN>
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	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method.~~</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: green;">~~Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of the character of our race, a natural outgrowth of our traditions; that we have established certain ideals over 150 years upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method. Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of the character</SPAN> of our race, a natural outgrowth of our traditions; <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we have established certain ideals over 150 years upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>

	If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward for handling our great national plan, they fall into two groups. The first is whether we shall go on with our American system which holds that the major purpose of a state is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity, that the basis of all happiness is in development of the individual, that the sum of progress can only be gaged by the progress of the individual, that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves to these ends. The other idea is that we shall directly or indirectly regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state, that we should use force instead of cooperation in plans and thereby direct every man as to what he may or may not do.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward</SPAN> for handling our great national plan, <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">they fall into two</SPAN> groups. The first is whether we shall go on with our American system which <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">holds that the major purpose of a state is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity</SPAN>, <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that the basis of all happiness is in development of the individual</SPAN>, that the sum of progress can only be gaged by the progress of the individual, <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves</SPAN> to these ends. <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">The other idea is that we shall directly or indirectly regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state</SPAN>, <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we should use force instead of cooperation in plans and thereby direct every man as to what</SPAN> he may or may not do.

	The future welfare of our country, so dear to you and to me for ourselves and our children, depends upon the answer given.		The future welfare of our country, so dear to you and to me for ourselves and our children, depends upon the answer given.

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	<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method.~~</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: green;">~~Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of our character and traditions. They believe that we have established certain ideals over 150 years, upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method. Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of our character</SPAN> and traditions. They believe <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we have established certain ideals over 150 years, upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>

	If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward... they fall into two main types. The first holds that the major purpose of a nation is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity. It holds that the basis of all happiness is in the development of the individual, and that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves to this end.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward... they fall into two</SPAN> main types. The first <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">holds that the major purpose of a nation is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity</SPAN>. It holds <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that the basis of all happiness is in the development of the individual</SPAN>, and that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves</SPAN> to this end.

	The other idea is that we shall, directly or indirectly, regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state. It holds that we should use force instead of cooperation in planning, and thereby direct every person as to what may or may not be done.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">The other idea is that we shall, directly or indirectly, regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state</SPAN>. It holds <SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">that we should use force instead of cooperation in planning, and thereby direct every person as to what</SPAN> may or may not be done.

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	We have many citizens insisting that we produce an advance "plan" for the future development of the United States. They demand that we produce it right now. I presume the "plan" idea is an infection from the slogan of the "5-year plan" through which Russia is struggling to redeem herself from the 10 years of starvation and misery. I am able to propose an American plan to you. We plan to take care of 20 million increase in population in the next 20 years. We plan to build for them 4 million new and better homes, thousands of new and still more beautiful city buildings, thousands of factories; to increase the capacity of our railways; to add thousands of miles of highways and waterways; to install 25 million electrical horsepower; to grow 20 percent more farm products. We plan to provide new parks, schools, colleges, and churches for this 20 million people. We plan more leisure for men and women and better opportunities for its enjoyment. We not only plan to provide for all the new generation, but we shall, by scientific research and invention, lift the standard of living and security of life to the whole people. We plan to secure a greater diffusion of wealth, a decrease in poverty, and a great reduction in crime. And this plan will be carried out if we just keep on giving the American people a chance. Its impulsive force is in the character and spirit of our people. They have already done a better job for 120 million people than any other nation in all history.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">We have many citizens insisting that we produce an advance "plan" for the future development of the United States. They demand that we produce it right now. I presume the "plan" idea is an infection from the slogan of the "5-year plan" through which Russia is struggling to redeem herself from the 10 years of starvation and misery.</SPAN> I am able to propose an American plan to you. We plan to take care of 20 million increase in population in the next 20 years. We plan to build for them 4 million new and better homes, thousands of new and still more beautiful city buildings, thousands of factories; to increase the capacity of our railways; to add thousands of miles of highways and waterways; to install 25 million electrical horsepower; to grow 20 percent more farm products. We plan to provide new parks, schools, colleges, and churches for this 20 million people. We plan more leisure for men and women and better opportunities for its enjoyment. We not only plan to provide for all the new generation, but we shall, by scientific research and invention, lift the standard of living and security of life to the whole people. We plan to secure a greater diffusion of wealth, a decrease in poverty, and a great reduction in crime. And this plan will be carried out if we just keep on giving the American people a chance. Its impulsive force is in the character and spirit of our people. They have already done a better job for 120 million people than any other nation in all history.


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	"We have many citizens insisting that we produce an advance "plan" for the future development of the United States. They demand that we produce it right now. I presume the "plan" idea is an infection from "the five-year-plan", through which Russia is struggling to save itself from 10 years of starvation and misery.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">"We have many citizens insisting that we produce an advance "plan" for the future development of the United States. They demand that we produce it right now. I presume the "plan" idea is an infection from "the five-year-plan", through which Russia is struggling to save itself from 10 years of starvation and misery.</SPAN>

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	Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method. Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of the character of our race, a natural outgrowth of our traditions; that we have established certain ideals over 150 years upon which we must build rather than destroy.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method.</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: green;">Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of the character of our race, a natural outgrowth of our traditions; that we have established certain ideals over 150 years upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>

	If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward for handling our great national plan, they fall into two groups. The first is whether we shall go on with our American system which holds that the major purpose of a state is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity, that the basis of all happiness is in development of the individual, that the sum of progress can only be gaged by the progress of the individual, that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves to these ends. The other idea is that we shall directly or indirectly regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state, that we should use force instead of cooperation in plans and thereby direct every man as to what he may or may not do.		If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward for handling our great national plan, they fall into two groups. The first is whether we shall go on with our American system which holds that the major purpose of a state is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity, that the basis of all happiness is in development of the individual, that the sum of progress can only be gaged by the progress of the individual, that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves to these ends. The other idea is that we shall directly or indirectly regiment the population into a bureaucracy to serve the state, that we should use force instead of cooperation in plans and thereby direct every man as to what he may or may not do.

	The future welfare of our country, so dear to you and to me for ourselves and our children, depends upon the answer given.		The future welfare of our country, so dear to you and to me for ourselves and our children, depends upon the answer given.


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	Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method. Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of our character and traditions. They believe that we have established certain ideals over 150 years, upon which we must build rather than destroy.		<SPAN STYLE="background-color: yellow;">Some groups believe this plan can only be carried out by a fundamental, a revolutionary change of method.</SPAN> <SPAN STYLE="background-color: green;">Other groups believe that any system must be the outgrowth of our character and traditions. They believe that we have established certain ideals over 150 years, upon which we must build rather than destroy.</SPAN>

	If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward... they fall into two main types. The first holds that the major purpose of a nation is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity. It holds that the basis of all happiness is in the development of the individual, and that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves to this end.		If we analyze the ideas which have been put forward... they fall into two main types. The first holds that the major purpose of a nation is to protect the people and to give them equality of opportunity. It holds that the basis of all happiness is in the development of the individual, and that we should steadily build up cooperation among the people themselves to this end.