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Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Age: 63 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 30
Died: 1945
Died: April 12
32Nd U.S. President
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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