Franklin D.Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great PresidenciesAbraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very different men rise to power, run their administrations, and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and places in history. |
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... problems to overcome. But as a member of Wilson's cabinet during the attacks on the president in 1920, Roosevelt recalled from history that "most of our great deeds have been brought about by the Presidents who were not tools of ...
... problems to overcome. But as a member of Wilson's cabinet during the attacks on the president in 1920, Roosevelt recalled from history that "most of our great deeds have been brought about by the Presidents who were not tools of ...
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... problems of a distraught Nation. From such an origin and from such a school, there emerged a character destined to transfuse with new meaning the concepts of our constitutional fathers and to assure a Government having for its broad ...
... problems of a distraught Nation. From such an origin and from such a school, there emerged a character destined to transfuse with new meaning the concepts of our constitutional fathers and to assure a Government having for its broad ...
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... problems of a new time with no less humanity and no less fortitude than his. Here we can renew our pledge offidelity to the faith which Lincoln held in the common man-the faith so simply expressed when he said: "As I would not be a ...
... problems of a new time with no less humanity and no less fortitude than his. Here we can renew our pledge offidelity to the faith which Lincoln held in the common man-the faith so simply expressed when he said: "As I would not be a ...
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... problems which arise beyond the power of men and women as individuals. "The liberal party insists that the government has the definite duty to use all its power and resources to meet new social problems with new social controls—to ...
... problems which arise beyond the power of men and women as individuals. "The liberal party insists that the government has the definite duty to use all its power and resources to meet new social problems with new social controls—to ...
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... problems and the good of all kinds and conditions of men. "In the long run the instincts of the common man (like Lincoln), willing to live and let live, work out the best and safest balance for the common good." This is what FDR meant ...
... problems and the good of all kinds and conditions of men. "In the long run the instincts of the common man (like Lincoln), willing to live and let live, work out the best and safest balance for the common good." This is what FDR meant ...
Contents
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Comparative Political Leadership | 153 |
Teaching a Legacy | 213 |
Chronology | 247 |
Biographical Digest | 258 |
Selected Bibliography | 271 |
List of Contributors | 280 |
Index | 281 |
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