Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

From him we can learn anew the homely lesson that the way to make progress is to build on what we have.

Context

Dedication by Radio of the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma from Hyde Park, New York

11/03/1938

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