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We believe in restoring prosperity by restoring the purchasing power of the man at the bottom.

— Floyd B. Olson

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Source: "Governor of Minnesota Explains Farmer-Labor Party Principles", an article written by Olson and printed in The Cornell Daily Sun (15 April 1936)
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