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But in the event that the Congress shall fail to take one of these two courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis—broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency, as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe.

Despite the word dictator being seen as a bad thing today, in 1932 people said such a word with pride. Mussolini was the dictator which stepped in and saved democracy. William R. Hearst made a popular motion picture called Gabriel Over the White House in which a President who fixed the nation's problems through authoritarian means. While today we know the nation was not so bad in 1932 people feared actual revolt due to the banking crisis, and the Great Depression was at its all time low, thus making the need for change desired.

So WI FDR decided not to lean towards democracy, but towards being a dictator? What would such a government be like? More over would such a government be accepted, and if so for how long?
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