Was FDR, great American president, correct when he said these things?

Question

"A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted — in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest-at the command — of his head. "
- Radio Address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum, October 26th, 1939
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15828

"There are two ways of viewing the Government's duty in matters affecting economic and social life. The first sees to it that a favored few are helped and hopes that some of their prosperity will leak through, sift through, to labor, to the farmer, to the small business man. That theory belongs to the party of Toryism, and I had hoped that most of the Tories left this country in 1776. But it is not and never will be the theory of the Democratic Party... Ours must be a party of liberal thought, of planned action, of enlightened international outlook, and of the greatest good to the greatest number of our citizens."
- FDR, 1932 Nomination acceptance speech
http://newdeal.feri.org/speeches/1932b.htm

TORY = CONSERVATIVE

Answer 1

F.D.R. would be shocked at how far to the extremist right the political spectrum has moved. And you're right about "TORY = CONSERVATIVE." I have thought that for a long time but haven't brought it up to anyone. Most people wouldn't have a clue what that means.

Answer 2

Was FDR, great American president, correct when he created the Social Security and Welfare programs... assuming that people in America would always be like those back in the WWII era... who wanted a hand UP, not a hand OUT?
Nope. He was dead wrong.
Guess it was that liberal head giving the commands. Should have listened to someone with some common sense.


By the way... FDR just rolled over in his grave if you're making any kind of comparison between him and the Liberals in the Democratic Party today.
He was a real Democrat... not a moveon.org traitor.
If he were alive today, he'd be denouncing the entire DNC leadership!

Answer 3

i'm afraid that i would be in some way a clarification for this tussle between the two gents. there develop into some intense argument between MS and myself sometime in the past and he began airing his objections in each and every website and Poondi got here to my help which had needless to say irked the different guy or woman. yet I dont discover any records on your reaction on Gandhi Q as offensive, in spite of the incontrovertible fact that your ref to Bapuji's non interference in Bhagat singh case, this is a lot criticised via some human beings till ultimately date, with none remark via you, could be considered as your helping the view. yet out of your previous solutions on Qs on Gandhi i understand which you do no longer enroll in the criticism. returned, your ref to Bapu's expt with celibacy at stepped forward age, snoozing with youthful ladies persons and so on (no longer much less common besides) could irk Gandhians. extremely you mentioned approximately resignation of his secretary in this count form and further which you does not discover the sensitivities of persons criticising him as objectionable, in spite of the incontrovertible fact which you nevertheless believed interior the purity of the chief's intentions. this will possibly no longer suffice to the persons who actually worship him as great human (you besides might mentioned he develop into far ahead of the idealogues of his time in ethical realm). apart from the above 2 circumstances, i do no longer think of your quoting from sources the justifications for his dropping the Nobel have been offensive. His feedback on the Palestinian concern and so on are taken sensitively via some sections till ultimately date this is comprehensible. Such intense ethical issues could be maximum unthinkable interior the modern-day international, the place stable thoughts rule on all aspects. As such, i detect the conventional objections of the esteemed contributor on your reaction on Gandhi, no longer the least tenable and easily ignited via anger on your anti congress stance. His aggressive refutation interior the area charging of keeping multiple IDs and so on, shows this anger. you pick no longer have sought a confirmation of your stand here, on account that human beings are in all probability to hold directly to their perceptions howsoever convincing your clarifications on a impartial attitude.

Answer 4

does that include the Conservative Democrats as well as the conservative republicans, its a ideology here not a party

Answer 5

He was incorrect in assuming a lberal uses his head...at least for anything more than to figure out ways to enlarge government and steal more tax money to achieve that end .

Answer 6

I am sure he thought he was correct.Its pretty hard to measure what he said against any metric to prove his correctness. In any event this stuff is half a century old.

Answer 7

I can't answer because I can't trust you to be telling the truth about who said what and sorry, but I don't want to follow your links.

lol