Franklin D. Roosevelt - Flag Day Address

The Spirit of man has awakened
The Soul of man has gone forth

Grant us the wisdom and the vision
to comprehend the greatness of man's Spirit
that suffers and endures so hugely for a goal
beyond his own brief span

We are all of us children of Earth
Grant us that simple knowledge

If our brothers are oppressed,
then we are oppressed

If they hunger, we hunger

If their freedom is taken away,
our freedom is not secure

Grant us a common faith,
that man shall know bread and peace
That he shall know justice and righteousness,
Freedom and security, an equal opportunity,
and an equal chance to do his best,
not only in our own lands, but throughout the world.

And in that faith, let us march, march toward the clean world,
our hands can make. Amen

-Franklin D. Roosevelt, June 14,1942

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[dave19941000]

The Greatest Generation voted for this man 4 times, why can,t we have a great man like this? Now we have the GOP and Obama, we do not have the choise of the better man, but of the lesser of evils.

[EXTREMECHAOS94]

@dave19941000 Actually, you should vote for Ron Paul. He's the only one who's actually going to save the United States. If the Americans don't elect him, whatever ensues and happens to them is entirely their fault.

[dave19941000]

@EXTREMECHAOS94 His economic and social policied have been tried in many countried during the 70s, 80s, and 90s, and in all of then it was a disaster, without exeption. And besides, Ron Paul is the exact oposite of FDR.

[EXTREMECHAOS94]

@dave19941000 Either it's something new and fresh, willing to bring your nation to the glory it deserves. OR, you can have the same old politicians and fall deeper into the financial crisis. Your options are very limited.

[21alt3go]

Every time I see these old WW2 footage, I wonder if those guys are still alive.

[EXTREMECHAOS94]

@21alt3go I hope so, I prefer their life rather than mine. They most likely lived through the greatest decade ever, the 1950's.

[yellomanqc]

best speech ever

[rawjokes]

chills...

[stdfreesteve]

amen...

[KINGYAOTL]

DID ANYONE ELSE CRY IN THE LAST EPISODE WHEN THEY PUT THIS SPEECH ??? T.T

[Com18Alpha]

@EXTREMECHAOS94 Paul is something interesting, and despite my bias against the GOP during the rise of the radical right, Paul captured many of my friends attention. Many of his domestic policies make sense, tho I disagree with him on the CR of 1964, and he raises concern of a growing government bureaucracy and a greater shift from state to federal power. However, his isolationist foreign policies have me concerned. Recallling all troops will boost IR approval, but def not the Glory of the US.

[dave19941000]

@SKiiSMLIVE But he won his first 3 elections before the war even started, and yes his financial policies where not perfect, but that was the price of pulling the country out of a depression (its not cheap). It was only his last election that was during wartime, he won the first 3 because he was the better canidate (considering his opponent turned ressetion into depression). No one is perfect, but for US presidents, he is the closest thing there has been to it.

[SKiiSMLIVE]

@dave19941000 He was more successful than the rest. There is a big difference. As other people have pointed out, his financial policies were dismal. He was the one that decided to detain German, Italian and Japanese descended citizens.

The only reason he was able to stay in power was because of the fact that he was in charge of a country at war. Its hard to hold elections when half your population is around the other side of the world.

[dave19941000]

@SKiiSMLIVE When you look at what he did, and compare him to those who came before and after, he was much better then the rest.

[SKiiSMLIVE]

@dave19941000 Actually FDR wasn't that great of a President. If you look up at a lot of the things he advocated, he wasn't 'all that'.

[kar98k1000]

EXTREMECHAOS94 i can't agree with you anymore, where i live there are 3 pearl harbor survivors, in my county there are more WWII veterans than any where else, i wish i was apart of these men, fighting along side of them, fighting with them, being one of those fighting, if i had the choice of dying or a WWII veteran dying, ill choose death instead, and ill die to save that persons life, i respect these people more than my family, god bless these guys

[d3ltadrive]

RON PAUL 2012

[yellomanqc]

@privatepyle35 +1