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> [“This was a key condition the racists put before FDR. They said they would not support FDR’s New Deal programs unless FDR supported their effort to block Republican anti-lynching bills. So FDR convinced even northern Democrats and progressives to back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinesh-d-souza/this-was-a-key-condition-the-racists-put-before-fdr-they-said-they/)

[Dinesh D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinesh-d-souza/)

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> [FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the 24-hour cable world, because it's almost like the press demands of you to be saying something or doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-kearns-goodwin/fdr-once-said-he-was-like-a-cat-that-he-would-pounce-and-then-relax/)

[Doris Kearns Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-kearns-goodwin/)

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