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“Lincoln was able to say, you know, "It will make me very unhappy if I lose the presidency, but I'm committed to larger things." If you look at candidates and say this is someone who can be happy to go back to their family or they have larger convictions. Franklin Roosevelt jeopardized his presidency by telling Americans in 1940, "We might have to fight Hitler." He loved being president, but he loved defending freedom more.”

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Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss is an American historian renowned for his in-depth research into modern American history. His writings cover a range of U.S. presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush. more

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