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FDR

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1933, until his death on April 12, 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in New York and is best known for his leadership during two of the most significant crises in American history: the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, a series of programs and reforms aimed at economic recovery and social welfare, which fundamentally reshaped the role of the federal government in American life.

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Out of that process, we have learned to think as a nation.

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And out of that process we have learned to feel ourselves a nation.

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As never before in our history, each section of America says to every other section, "Thy people shall be my people.

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They were checked in their efforts to secure reasonable minimum wages and maximum hours and the end of child labor.

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And because they were checked, many groups in many parts of the country still have less purchasing power and a lower standard of living than the nation as a whole can permanently allow.

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