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Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)(1882 – 1945) Also known by his initials, FDR. The 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms. He is consistently rated by scholars as one of the top three U.S. Presidents. It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present. Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter. |