"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"
- Joe Biden
About this Quote
This quote by Joe Biden is referring to the stock market crash of 1929 and President Franklin Roosevelt's response to it. Roosevelt was the first president to use television as a medium to communicate with the public, and he used it to address the nation about the crash. He didn't just blame the "princes of greed" for the crash, but instead he explained what had happened and how the government was going to help the people affected by it. He wanted to reassure the public that the government was taking action and that the situation would improve. This quote shows the importance of Roosevelt's leadership during a difficult time and how he used television to communicate with the public.
This quote is written / told by Joe Biden somewhere between November 20, 1942 and today. He was a famous Vice President from USA.
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