Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. ...And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Vol. 5, Random House, 1938, p. 233.
He was referring to the non-democratic states of the Middle-East.
McClellan thought President Lincoln an oaf and toyed with the idea of taking over. Ironically, he was a terrible battle general and never would have any reasonable success on the battlefield.
The Bank was privately owned. Jackson was a major opponent of the Bank. See his description {630650} .
While that is certainly true and has been borne out by history, the same thing can be said of democratic rulers and even many democratic politicians of lower rank. Yes men abound and not politicians not only want them but arguably need them in order to maintain the assurance and positivity that most voters associate with good leadership.
Referring to the autocratic President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.
