Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials, but the voters of this country.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt Modern

US President during WWII

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Fireside Chat 1: On the Banking Crisis

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1933

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Controversial

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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fireside-chat-1-the-banking-crisis

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