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Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: As a nation we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed As a nation we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace. Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Old women are the secret to the fluffiest cakes. Old women are the secret to the fluffiest cakes.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The most difficult place in the world to get a clear and open perspective of the country as a whole is Washington. The most difficult place in the world to get a clear and open perspective of the country as a whole is Washington.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: New ideas can be good and bad, just the same as old ones. New ideas can be good and bad, just the same as old ones.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge. It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I have a terrific pain in the back of my head. I have a terrific pain in the back of my head.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The frontier of America is on the Rhine. The frontier of America is on the Rhine.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Calm seas never made a good sailor Calm seas never made a good sailor
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are. Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat, I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat,
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all. I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident ... In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men. Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society. Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something. Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments. I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there. It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead and to find no one there. It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead
and to find no one there.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Man's desire to be remembered is colossal. Man's desire to be remembered is colossal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them. Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The only thing we have to fear ... is audiovisual glitches at our annual event. The only thing we have to fear ... is audiovisual glitches at our annual event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected. To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust. I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The real safeguard of democracy is education. The real safeguard of democracy is education.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Lord, reform Thy world, beginning with me. Lord, reform Thy world, beginning with me.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: [D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war. [D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself. Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation . The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation .
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people. In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics. The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger. All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men. We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought. We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: There's nothing to fear but a wide receiver who can run a 100-yard dash in under 10 seconds. There's nothing to fear but a wide receiver who can run a 100-yard dash in under 10 seconds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism. My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: [The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity [The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: What I seek is the highest possible batting average. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Tell that to the Marines! Tell that to the Marines!
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Until Henry Ford saw the chance to get free publicity (making Sub-chasers) he thought submarines were something to eat. Until Henry Ford saw the chance to get free publicity (making Sub-chasers) he thought submarines were something to eat.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them. - Franklin D. Roosevelt Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that
men have died to win them.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity. No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace. The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Great power involves great responsibility Great power involves great responsibility
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out. We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want. We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive. Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Failure is not an American habit. Failure is not an American habit.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples. Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: To reach a port we must set sail To reach a port we must set sail
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Some people can never understand that you have to wait, even for the best of things, until the right time comes. Some people can never understand that you have to wait, even for the best of things, until the right time comes.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it. Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future. We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Freedom of speech ... Freedom of worship ... Freedom from want ... Freedom from fear. Freedom of speech ... Freedom of worship ... Freedom from want ... Freedom from fear.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play. Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend. The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God. As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: December 7th, 1941 a date which will live in infamy December 7th, 1941
a date which will live in infamy
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent. Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion. There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: That, in essence is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power. That, in essence is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I have seen war ... I hate war. I have seen war ... I hate war.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The essence of our struggle is that men shall be free. The essence of our struggle is that men shall be free.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: People die, but books never die. People die, but books never die.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about. People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free. Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Peace, like charity, begins at home. Peace, like charity, begins at home.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: "Appeasement" is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last. "Appeasement" is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning. The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him. When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization. We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: Above all, try something Above all, try something
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes: I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

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