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democracy and freedom are taking firmer
root far beyond our shores as well. As more and more of the world's nations embrace the Four Freedoms,
their vitality is stronger than ever. May it always be so, and may the name of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt be honored wherever freedom rings."
Edward M. Kennedy
"Millions of courageous and steadfast working people -- encouraged
by President Roosevelt -- stuck their necks out for their unions, built their ladder into the
middle class, and created a market that became the envy and target of the world. I would suggest
that the benefits of this struggle have flowed not only to working people but to the corporate
enterprises that have flourished in that market."
Lane Kirkland
"FDR once said, 'The test of our progress is not whether we add
more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have
too little.' He lifted the U.S. out of economic despair and revolutionized the American way of life.
Then he helped make the world safe for democracy."
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
"Franklin Roosevelt was the voice of the people of the United
States during the most difficult crises of the century. He led America out of the despair of
the Great Depression. He led us to victory in the Second World War. He lifted America from it
knees and led us to our fateful rendezvous with history. He embraced a desperately troubled world
and gave it hope."
William J. vanden Heuvel
"It was the freedom of worship that helped us non-violently transform
the South...It was the freedom of worship, born of our struggles in the South, that became the
movement of human rights that spread not only to areas behind the Iron Curtin, but that woke up
people in South Africa."
Andrew Young
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