The More Abundant Life

The More Abundant Lifewas a phrase of scriptural flavor used by the U.S. PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltin his address before theInter-American Conference for the Maintenance of PeaceinBuenos Aires,Argentina,December 1, 1936, to signify the improved living conditions and enlarged cultural and economic opportunities available to the whole world through the maintenance in theWestern Hemisphereof constitutionalrepresentative governmentbased on faith inGod.^[1]

The phrase is taken from the saying of Jesus at John 10:10: "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."^[2]Roosevelt, anEpiscopalian,would also have been familiar with a similar phrase used in thecollectfor the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany in theBook of Common Prayer.^[3]

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^Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan; Anthony Mango (2003).Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements(3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 2941.ISBN 0-415-93922-4.
^"John 10:10".Bible Gateway.Retrieved3 June2015.
^The Online Book of Common Prayer.1979. p. 164.Retrieved3 June2015.

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