It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who a…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1933, Volume 2, p.497, Best Books on
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