On the recordApril 11, 1947
It is not for me or for any of his contemporaries to attempt to measure his great stature or to estimate the impact of his words and his deeds upon the days of his years.
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Remarks Broadcast as Part of a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Program
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