Barack Obama

freshwest

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2. Thanks so much for this thread and the FDR quote, a favorite one. Should be spread far and wide.

Tue Jul 1, 2014, 12:32 AM

Jul 2014

Libertarians need to hear:

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democrats need to hear:

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

More quotes by FDR that have proven true and apply to our times:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/Roosevelt-Quotes.htm

It's been said history goes in cycles and we are reliving the 1930s. The same voices and forces are arrayed on one level, only the labels are changed. What path will we choose, democracy or fascism?

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Obama is not the first Democratic President to inherit an economic calamity and face a defiant GOP.. [View all] YoungDemCA Jun 2014 OP

Obama recognized the similarity between himself and Roosevelt and perhaps if Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #1

Thanks so much for this thread and the FDR quote, a favorite one. Should be spread far and wide. freshwest Jul 2014 #2

This deserves its own thread. Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #3

There's something in the general human spirit of many IrishAyes Jul 2014 #6

Thank you so much, YDCA! Cha Jul 2014 #4

Thanks for the responses everyone! YoungDemCA Jul 2014 #5