Leaders of the 20th Century
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
1882 – 1945
32nd President of the United States
Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
WINSTON CHURCHILL
1874 – 1965
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 1951 to 1955)
Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator, and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice – from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.