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32nd U.S. President

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving for 12 years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. He led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II, implementing a series of reform measures known as the New Deal.

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“As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.”

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Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States-every man, woman, and child-is in action, and will be privileged to remain in action throughout this war. That front is right here at home, in our daily lives, and in our daily tasks.”

Source: Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944

“Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the germs of another world war will remain as a constant threat to mankind.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1943, Volume 12

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1943, Volume 12

“I have seen war ... I hate war.”

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Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.”

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“Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.”

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Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5

“Slowly, and in spite of anything we Americans do or do not do, it looks a little as if you and some other good people are going to have to answer the old question of whether you want to keep your country unshackled by taking even more definite steps to do so”

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Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt