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    "ocrText": "-6-\nThe question is, then, how much. security can we have while\nmaintaining a maximum of freedom--freedom from the arbitrary and\ncapricious actions of our neighbors and our government, and from\nthe privations and restrictions imposed by social conditions? I\nbelieve that the history of our Nation shows a steady growth in the\nwell-being of our people with a commensurate growth in freedom.\nI-believe that we can achieve auch greater security than we enjoy\nat present not with a loss of, but with an actual increase in,\npolitical and personal independence. On the average we enjoy greater\nphysical comforts, better health, greater vocational opportunities,\nhigher real incomes, and fuller educational advantages than our\nforefathers.ever had, or than any other nation has today. These\nimprovements in the conditions of life in the United States have\nbeen achieved largely through democratic social action. Our personal\nfreedom has not been impaired in any important respect. Though\nC\nthere are lynchings, violations of civil rights and inequalities\nof one sort or another, these are neither the general rule, nor\nare they public policy, as has been and is true in other nations.\nWe have a free press, the right of free speech, including unrestrained\ncriticis of the government and its officers, freedom from arbitrary\narrest, freedom of worship, and the right to vote as we wish. Our\ndemocratic rights have not been abridged. I believe that our\nnational security and prosperity can be indefinitely extended\nwithout loss of political liberty."
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