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The UN was, in a phrase Franklin Roosevelt had used during World War II, “a trusteeship of the powerful,” and at its core was a modus vivendi between the superpowerful, the United States and the Soviet Union.23
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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I think the Labour MPs in the British war cabinet, a Democratic President called Franklin Roosevelt and the many Labour MPs who fought (Denis Healy, Tony Crossland) or worked (Roy Jenkins) in/for the war effort paint a slightly different picture.
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He signs checks John Doe (on a joint account with Jane Doe); the editor William Allen White in 1937 called him John Q. Public, and in 1883 the Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner named him the forgotten man, a moniker that Franklin Roosevelt adopted while campaigning for president in 1932 (before beer was sold in cardboard containers of six bottles).
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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He signs checks John Doe (on a joint account with Jane Doe); the editor William Allen White in 1937 called him John Q. Public, and in 1883 the Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner named him the forgotten man, a moniker that Franklin Roosevelt adopted while campaigning for president in 1932 (before beer was sold in cardboard containers of six bottles).
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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He signs checks John Doe (on a joint account with Jane Doe); the editor William Allen White in 1937 called him John Q. Public, and in 1883 the Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner named him the forgotten man, a moniker that Franklin Roosevelt adopted while campaigning for president in 1932 (before beer was sold in cardboard containers of six bottles).
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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He signs checks John Doe (on a joint account with Jane Doe); the editor William Allen White in 1937 called him John Q. Public, and in 1883 the Yale sociologist William Graham Sumner named him the forgotten man, a moniker that Franklin Roosevelt adopted while campaigning for president in 1932 (before beer was sold in cardboard containers of six bottles).
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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As we move into the Information Age, we really, as Democrats, have reclaimed the true legacy of Franklin Roosevelt, which is not a particular set of programs, but a real commitment to bold experimentation; to the idea that new times demand new approaches, and often a different kind of government.
Remarks To Third Annual Dlc Conversation In Baltimore ITY National Archives 1999
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All we have to do is recall Franklin Roosevelt's comment on the English-speaking gangster-President of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza.
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The press called Franklin Roosevelt's plan to get Americans working during The Great Depression "The New Deal", the Supreme Court decided these policies promoted by the President and passed by a Democratic Congress were unconstitutional.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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The press called Franklin Roosevelt's plan to get Americans working during The Great Depression "The New Deal", the Supreme Court decided these policies promoted by the President and passed by a Democratic Congress were unconstitutional.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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