Strength of democracy

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The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a Nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Nations Strength of democracy Democracy

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Third Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1941, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Third Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1941." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.