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American History

elleng

(137,973 posts) Mon Jun 20, 2022, 05:05 PM Jun 2022

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--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938

"Democracy has disappeared in several other great nations, not because the people of those nations disliked democracy, but because they had grown tired of unemployment and insecurity, of seeing their children hungry while they sat helpless in the face of government confusion and government weakness through lack of leadership in government. Finally, in desperation, they chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat."
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938

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--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938 (Original Post) elleng Jun 2022 OP

Yet a few years later, he removed Japanese Americans from their homes & put them in prison camps MichMan Jun 2022 #1

See response #2. Tomconroy Jun 2022 #3

Perhaps not a perfect president, but by far as perfect a president as we will ever get. Tomconroy Jun 2022 #2

MichMan

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1. Yet a few years later, he removed Japanese Americans from their homes & put them in prison camps

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Mon Jun 20, 2022, 06:04 PM

Jun 2022

They didn't get the chance to decide if they wanted liberty.

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Tomconroy

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3. See response #2.

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Mon Jun 20, 2022, 06:18 PM

Jun 2022

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Tomconroy

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2. Perhaps not a perfect president, but by far as perfect a president as we will ever get.

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Mon Jun 20, 2022, 06:16 PM

Jun 2022

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