F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him. (Maureen Dowd)

F.D.R. achieved greatness not by means of imposing his temperament and intellect on the world but by reacting to what the world threw at him.

Maureen Dowd

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