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• Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was succeeding a… — Russell Baker
• Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led… — L. Frank Baum
• Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper… — Evan Bayh
• When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said,… — Joe Biden
• As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha… — Mary J. Blige
• It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin… — John Boehner
• Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben Franklins, Thomas… — Elayne Boosler
• Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and… — Tracy Chapman
• Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it. — Winston Churchill
• People have always said - those words, 'too conservative,' is fairly relative. I'm sure that they probably said that about Thomas Jefferson… — Sharron Angle
• Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if… — Maya Angelou
• It is impossible not to feel stirred at the thought of the emotions of man at certain historic moments of adventure and… — Alfred North Whitehead

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