Faith Of FDR

FDR was President for 12 years, longer than any other, being elected four times, 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. In office during the Great Depression and World War II, these quotes are taken from the 4,000 pages of his Public Papers 1933-1945, and the foreword he wrote for a 1941 edition Gideons New Testament distributed to millions of military personnel. “WE ARE INSPIRED by a faith that goes back to the first chapter of the Book of Genesis: ‘God created man in His own image.'”-January 6, 1942. “DEMOCRACY IS THE birthright of every citizen, the white and the colored; the Protestant, the Catholic, the Jew.” – November 4, 1940. “NAZI ARE AS ruthless as teh Communists in the denial of God.” – May 27, 1941. “I HOPE THAT you have re-read the Constitution-Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.” – March 9, 1937. “THOSE FORCES HATE democracy because it is Christian. They oppose Christianity because it preaches democracy.” – November 1, 1940