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Franklin Roosevelt said...

I would rather be a builder than a wrecker, hoping always that the structure of life is growing—not dying.

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Address at Ottawa, Canada

08/24/1943

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
deceased

usa, New York

5,739 Quotes

Born1/30/1882

Died4/12/1945 (aged 63)

PartyDemocratic

  • President of the United States

    3/4/1933 - 4/12/1945
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