Too many who prate about saving democracy are really only interested in saving things as they were. Democracy should concern itself also with things as they should be.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Radio Broadcast (1938-11-04), “The Election of Liberals”
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