Franklin Roosevelt had to ...

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda.
 Pete du Pont

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Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.
 Pete du Pont
Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so.
 Pete du Pont
Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again.
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