President Franklin D. Roosevelt

“no person” 🤔

What if the “person” were dead?

Asking for a “friend”. 🍸

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Good men, both of them. They did honor to the Office. 🍸

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Yeah, sure. Tell me again how we got out of the Great Depression… 🙄 🍸

Ruthie was very fond of Fala. ☺️ 🍸

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Look, I made mistakes. Some of them unforgivable…

But my administration never used force to detain a US Senator… and God knows that there were some who needed it (I’m looking at you, Senator Lundeen).

These are the acts of fascists lighting democracy on fire. 🍸

They hate me, and I drink their tears. 🍸

And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

Thy will be done, Almighty God.

Amen.

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Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogancies.

Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister Nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men.

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Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy.

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And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled.

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And let our hearts be stout, to wait out the long travail, to bear sorrows that may come, to impart our courage unto our sons wheresoever they may be.

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Give us strength, too - strength in our daily tasks, to redouble the contributions we make in the physical and the material support of our armed forces.

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As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts.

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Many people have urged that I call the Nation into a single day of special prayer. But because the road is long and the desire is great, I ask that our people devote themselves in a continuance of prayer.

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And for us at home - fathers, mothers, children, wives, sisters, and brothers of brave men overseas - whose thoughts and prayers are ever with them--help us, Almighty God, to rededicate ourselves in renewed faith in Thee in this hour of great sacrifice.

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They yearn but for the end of battle, for their return to the haven of home.

Some will never return. Embrace these, Father, and receive them, Thy heroic servants, into Thy kingdom.

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For these men are lately drawn from the ways of peace. They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. They fight to let justice arise, and tolerance and good will among all Thy people.

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They will be sore tried, by night and by day, without rest-until the victory is won. The darkness will be rent by noise and flame. Men's souls will be shaken with the violences of war.

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He may hurl back our forces. Success may not come with rushing speed, but we shall return again and again; and we know that by Thy grace, and by the righteousness of our cause, our sons will triumph.

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Lead them straight and true; give strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their faith.

They will need Thy blessings. Their road will be long and hard. For the enemy is strong.

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Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our Nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

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It has come to pass with success thus far.

And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join with me in prayer:

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American troops head toward Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944. NpX 72-98 Source: FDRLibrary.org

A Prayer on D-Day
June 6th, 1944

My fellow Americans:
Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation.

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I contain multitudes… and minitudes. 🍸

Yeah, about that… 😒
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