Franklin Roosevelt’s closest adviser during much of his presidency was a man named Harry Hopkins. During World War II, when his influence with Roosevelt was at its peak, Hopkins held no official Cabinet position. Moreover, Hopkins’s closeness to Roosevelt caused many to regard him as a shadowy, sinister figure. As a result he was a major political liability to the President.
A political foe once asked Roosevelt:
“Why do you keep Hopkins so close to you? You surely realize
that people distrust him & resent his influence.”
Roosevelt replied:
“Someday you may well be sitting here
where I am now as President of the United States. And when you are, you’ll be
looking at that door over there & knowing that practically everybody who
walks through it wants something out of you. You’ll learn what a lonely job
this is & you’ll discover the need for somebody like Harry Hopkins, who
asks for nothing except to serve you.”
Winston Churchill rated Hopkins as one of the half-dozen
most powerful men in the world in the early 1940s. And the sole source of
Hopkin’s power was his willingness to serve.
- (ministry127.com)
“I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about
your welfare. All the others care only
for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ.” – Paul (Phil 2:20-21 NLT)
“God sends no one away empty except those who are full of
themselves.” - D.L. Moody.
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