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" When the Chief Justice read me the oath,' he [FDR] later told an adviser, 'and came to the words " support the Constitution of the United States" I felt like saying: " Yes, but it's the Constitution as I understand it, flexible enough to meet any new problem of democracy--not the kind of Constitution your Court has raised up as a barrier to progress and democracy. "


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 quote : When the Chief Justice read me the oath,' he [FDR] later told an adviser, 'and came to the words