07/29/1943
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"Changes are bitterly fought by those who stand to lose some authority and by those who are so wedded to existing practices that they go to any length to prevent the slightest change which seeks greate..."
"I have none of the qualifications which would make me a successful dictator."
"I have no inclination to be a dictator."
"I have too much historical background and too much knowledge of existing dictatorships to make me desire any form of dictatorship for a democracy like the United States of America."