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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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Aug 24, 1943

The evil characteristic that makes a Nazi a Nazi is his utter inability to understand and therefore to respect the qualities or the rights of his fellow men.

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Aug 24, 1943

I would rather believe that we can achieve new and better days.

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Aug 24, 1943

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

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Aug 24, 1943

Every one of the United Nations believes that only a real and lasting peace can justify the sacrifices we are making.

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Aug 24, 1943

We in the Americas have become a consideration to every propaganda office and to every general staff beyond the seas.

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Aug 24, 1943

I hope very much that because I have had the privilege of knowing you for a great many years, that he will come over again one of these days—the sooner the better—to visit you.

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Aug 24, 1943

We did not choose this war—and that 'we' includes each and every one of the United Nations.

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Aug 24, 1943

I am everlastingly angry only at those who assert vociferously that the four freedoms and the Atlantic Charter are nonsense because they are unattainable.

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Aug 23, 1943

I never felt more sure about anything than I do about the fact that these conferences are an indispensable part of the successful conduct of the war.

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Aug 23, 1943

An employee whose active services are terminated as a result of the expiration of a statute in connection with the administration of which he is employed and who at the time of such expiration has not exhausted his accumulated and current…

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Aug 23, 1943

Entire unity of aim and method should be maintained at the summit of the war direction.

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Aug 23, 1943

We cannot afford in any way to assume that military and naval or air men can win the war alone.

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Aug 23, 1943

I think you can assume that other plans are about to be developed.

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Aug 23, 1943

We ought to realize that this is a war throughout the world, that we are looking at it as a world war.

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Aug 23, 1943

It would not be helpful to the fighting troops to make any announcement of the decisions which have been reached.

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Aug 23, 1943

This war is not being run by conferences, it goes far deeper than that.

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Aug 15, 1943

This Order shall become effective at the close of business on August 23, 1943.

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