Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"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."
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"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
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"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
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"Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion."
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made."
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"Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force."
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"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."
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"If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace."
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"Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment."
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"War is a contagion."
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"Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars."
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"Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God."
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"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments."
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"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I pledge you I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and courage. This is a call to arms."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Peace like charity begins at home."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression - everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want...everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear... anywhere in the world."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"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
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