Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

It is a very glorious thing for us to think of what has been accomplished in our own lifetime to cure epidemic diseases, to relieve human suffering and to save lives.

Context

Radio Address for the Fifth Birthday Ball for Crippled Children

01/28/1938

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