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The vengeful hag is played by Ingrid Bergman, which is like casting Eleanor Roosevelt as Lizzie Borden.
— Kenneth Tynan
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
Ruin looks us in the face if we judge a man by his position instead of judging him by his conduct in that position.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Pit race against race, religion against religion, prejudice against prejudice. Divide and conquer! We must not let that happen here.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The first duty of an American citizen, then, is that he shall work in politics.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I have a terrific pain in the back of my head.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?
— Theodore Roosevelt
Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.
— Theodore Roosevelt
There is in every country an antipathy to the foreigner ...
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I don't mind telling you in confidence that I am keeping in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman [Mussolini].
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.
— Theodore Roosevelt
You get strength and courage, when you stop to look fear in the face.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual you have an obligation to be one.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established ...
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With self discipline most anything is possible.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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
Still, Roosevelt noted, it was "not always easy to strike the just middle," and he inevitably made mistakes.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Those who attack always do so with greater fervor than those who defend.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The fundamental idea ... is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
People will love him (Theodore Roosevelt) for the enemies he has made.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
We have nothing to fear but missing our massage appointment time
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I have already lived and enjoyed as much life as any nine other men I have known.
— Theodore Roosevelt
I'm as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.
— Theodore Roosevelt
We are the heirs of the ages
— Theodore Roosevelt
Stretch out your hand and receive the world's wide gift of joy, appreciation and beauty.
— Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
To win this war, we have been forced into a strategic compromise which will most certainly offend the Russians.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Only those who live and sleep in the open fully realize the beauty of dawn and moonlight and starlight.
— Theodore Roosevelt
It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In business courtesy and efficiency have a symbiotic relationship.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What one has to do usually can be done.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A program whose basic thesis is, not that the system of free enterprise for profit has failed in this generation, but that it has not yet been tried!
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle.
— Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Nothing is gained by debate on non-debatable subjects.
— Theodore Roosevelt
New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you lose money you lose much,If you lose friends you lose more,
If you lose faith you lose all. — Eleanor Roosevelt
For our own success to be real, it must contribute to the success of others.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary relationship and friendship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt.
— Barack Obama
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It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to ... American democracy.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom of speech ... Freedom of worship ... Freedom from want ... Freedom from fear.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Unless the man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
— Theodore Roosevelt
In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.
— Gaylord Nelson
According to his habit, Theodore Roosevelt sought to harness anxiety through action.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Death is always, under all circumstances, a tragedy, for if it is not then it means that life has become one.
— Theodore Roosevelt
They do not say Roosevelt saved our system. They say he has given us a new one. That is logical.
— John T. Flynn
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Every woman wants to be first to someone sometime in her life and that desire is the explanation for many strange things women do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt declared, arguing that the insistence upon having only the perfect cure often results in securing no betterment whatever.
— Doris Kearns Goodwin
Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ!" -Claire
— Diana Gabaldon
To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!
— Theodore Roosevelt
I have always felt that it was important that everyone who was a worker join a labor organization.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat
— Theodore Roosevelt
I agree with President Roosevelt, and generations since, that American seniors deserve better than poverty.
— Hank Johnson
I could never say in the morning, "I have a headache and cannot do thus and so". Headache or no headache, thus and so had to be done.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All the resources we need are in the mind.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The lunatic fringe in all reform movements.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers
— Theodore Roosevelt
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. by Alice Roosevelt Longworth
— Claudy Conn
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.
— Theodore Roosevelt
If life were predictable it would cease to be life,and be without flavor
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If you have any interests you can gain a wider audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man ...
— Theodore Roosevelt
Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Do something that scares you everyday.
— Melina Marchetta
I was not going to earn money, I must even things up by not spending it.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Organized money hates meand I welcome their hatred! — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
And the combination is rare.
— Theodore Roosevelt
He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Life means change; where there is no change, death comes.
— Theodore Roosevelt
We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The light has gone out of my life.
— Theodore Roosevelt
A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt