James Clark McReynolds Quotes

In an irony, the first President limited by a term limit amendment pushed by Republicans remembering FDR turned out to be fellow Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Harry Hopkins, Franklin Roosevelt's special assistant

Kennedy hated Roosevelt who had forced him to resign as the U. S. Ambassador to England. Kennedy was an admirer of Mussolini and Hitler. He had allied himself with the part of the British aristocracy that was pro Fascist and opposed Winston Churchill and the democratic element in Britain. Kennedy had opposed aid to Britain to fight Hitler and advised all who would listen that Britain could and would not stand up to Germany. Roosevelt’s support of Britain with Lend Lease and other means proved Kennedy wrong pragmatically and Kennedy’s own statements had forever proved him wrong morally. Although Kennedy opposed our entry in WWII, his sons did not. His oldest son volunteered for a very dangerous mission and was killed. Kennedy blamed his death on Roosevelt {616651} and forever after slandered FDR whenever he got a chance until his son Jack got into politics when his ambition for his son outweighed his hatred.

Her co-leader, Martin J. Healy, was accused of accepting a bribe from a judge in exchange for his appointment. What makes this quotation particularly interesting is the fact that she was speaking before a reform organization, yet it is clear that Mathews herself saw no immorality in party officials accepting kickbacks. One of the major problems in reform was that most of the Tammany Hall leaders and voters had a different morality from the reformers and many genuinely thought that the situation as it existed was only “fair.” Reform, as with civil rights, required a transformation of public opinion and sense of right and wrong. See {626674} for one of her solutions to political corruption.

Despite Hooker's outspoken remarks, the President appointed him commanding general anyway.

"Honest Abe" was not an appellation for Abraham Lincoln concurred in by all:

Congressman Carl B. Albert was the chairman of the 1968 Democratic National Convention when the street demonstrations and the police tactics entered the convention debate in front of a nationwide television audience. The President, watching on television, was horrified and called Congressman Dan Rostenkowski who was manning the telephones backstage. Rostenkowski followed the President's order and was never forgiven by Albert who, when he became Speaker, refused to appoint the Rostenkowski as whip, choosing Tip O'Neill instead.

Lincoln was not above personal attacks on the opposition:

Glass was the major opponent of FDR and the New Deal in the Senate.

Harry Hopkins was the special assistant to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt through the two great American crises, the Great Depression and World War II. Although he was a social worker with not a shred of political experience, Hopkins was originally selected by the President to operate the national relief program in the midst of the Great Depression. Soon he had spent more money than any human being in history without a taint of scandal. He had never been elected nor was he even ratified by the Senate. He also paid virtually no attention to members of Congress as he became the most successful manager in American Government history. Soon he became FDR’s most important aid. Then he and his wife actually moved into the White House and lived there with the Roosevelts and was a favorite of not only FDR but Eleanor Roosevelt as well. When WWII began the leading military and diplomatic leaders advised the President not to provide military aid to England or Russia believing that these countries could not hold out and the weapons would fall into German hands and be used against American soldiers. Roosevelt sent Hopkins to Europe to assess the military situation despite the fact that he had never had a single day of military experience. When his war advice contradicted that of the leading generals and admirals, many people were scandalized, especially when FDR took Hopkin’s advice above that of the generals and diplomats. Massive assistance was sent to those countries and indeed both were able to hold out just as Hopkins had predicted. No one in American politics before or since had that much influence or power. Most historians see that particular phenomenon as a unique combination of two extraordinary men at an extraordinary time and virtually impossible to replicate.

Truman told Kennedy to keep quiet or he would "throw him out the window." Truman was about to physically attack Kennedy he was so angry. Kennedy was a Nazi sympathizer and an admirer of Mussolini and Hitler and this ended his active political career. His oldest son Joe was his favorite, but Joe did not share his father’s fascist inclinations. He not only enlisted for service in WWII but he volunteered for a very risky secret mission on which he was killed. Kennedy blamed Roosevelt for assisting England (he had been the ambassador was pro Hitler and had urged against American involvement) and hence the war. Kennedy’s oldest son Joe, had enlisted to fight Germany. He was a pilot who had volunteered for a very dangerous secret mission in which his plane blew up and he was killed. Joseph Kennedy blamed Roosevelt personally for the death of Joe. Driven out of active politics, Kennedy used his wealth to promote his second son’s political career, and JFK and his brothers had managed thereafter to be politicians in the mold of Franklin D. Roosevelt and reject their father’s political philosophy. To this day, most Americans have no idea that the elder Kennedy held such positions.