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There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped by merely talking about it. We must act. We must act quickly.
Franklin D. Roosevelt First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933

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President of the United States · 1882-1945
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thirty-second US president who led the country through the Great Depression and most of the Second World War.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933
First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Roosevelt’s 1933 inaugural address confronting the Great Depression and calling for decisive government action, economic reform and renewed public confidence.

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