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Quotes from The Roosevelt I Knew — Frances Perkins

1882–1965 United States

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The quality of his being one with his people, of having no artificial or natural barriers between him and them, made it possible for him to be a leader without ever being or thinking of being a dictator.

The Roosevelt I Knew (1946)

He didn’t like concentrated responsibility. Agreement with other people who he thought were good, right minded, and trying to do the right thing by the world was almost as necessary to him as air to breathe.

The Roosevelt I Knew (1946)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frances Perkins (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.