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Franklin

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Charlie Munger
Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman

"There is the sheer amount of Franklin's wisdom. And the talent. Franklin played four instruments. He was the nation's leading scientist and inventor, plus a leading author, statesman, and philanthropist. There has never been anyone like him."

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
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"What Franklin Roosevelt did, which really offended them, was he strengthened the labor unions - made it possible for them to strike. The oligarchs were furious because the working class was not supposed to have any power at all."

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