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Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes: In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.
         

In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.


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