The Faith of FDR -From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Public Papers 1933-1945
by William J. Federer
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The Faith of FDR -From President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Public Papers 1933-1945 Summary
| FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT was President for over 12 years, longer than any other. He won four Presidential Elections, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, and was in office during the Great Depression and World War II. Regardless if one agrees with his politics, he exerted a significant influence on U.S. history. It is inevitable that a serious student would want to examine his faith. Since political rhetoric is the lowest common denominator-appealing to the largest number of voters-FDR's statements reflect a public with generally accepted views on faith. Statements are from nearly 4,000 pages of FDR's Public Papers 1933-1945, with the exception of the foreword he wrote for a 1941 edition Gideons New Testament distributed to millions of military personnel. WE ARE INSPIRED by a faith that goes back to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis: 'God created man in His own image.'Jan 6, 1942 I KNEW THAT some day Russia would return to religion for the simple reason that five thousand years of recorded history have proven that mankind has always believed in God in spite of the many abortive attempts to exile God.Feb 10, 1940 WE FACE ONE of the great choices of history-religion against godlessness.July 19, 1940, accepting Democrat Nomination DEMOCRACY IS THE birthright of every citizen, the white and the colored; the Protestant, the Catholic, the Jew.Nov 4, 1940 NAZI ARE AS ruthless as the Communists in the denial of God.May 27, 1941 I HOPE THAT you have re-read the Constitution-Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.Mar 9, 1937 THOSE FORCES HATE democracy because it is Christian. They oppose Christianity because it preaches democracy.Nov 1, 1940 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...have watched with sympathetic interest the effort of the Jews to renew in Palestine the ties of their ancient homeland...It gives me great pleasure to send my warm greetings.Feb 6, 1937 READ FDR ON: -Nazi terror-We are against those...substituting terror for law-We will accept only a world consecrated to...freed... |
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