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Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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"Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"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."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
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"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"The truth is found when men are free to pursue it."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"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."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"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"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"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."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"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."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."
Franklin D. Roosevelt"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
Franklin D. Roosevelt