Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Second Bill of Rights" Message to Congress - Milestone Documents

Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Second Bill of Rights” Message to Congress

( 1944 ) Commentary by Mark R. Shulman, Pace University School of Law

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acquiesce in agree to
antithesis opposite
Australasia Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific islands
materiel munitions, military supplies
sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal an allusion to 1 Corinthians 13:1
“Those, who would give up essential liberty ...” quotation from Benjamin Franklin in An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania (1759)

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