"I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utili...
Presidents are selected, not elected.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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"Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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"I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.
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