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  • To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.

    Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at San Diego Exposition in San Diego, California, October 2, 1935.
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