Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes - page 4

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. View quote
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If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. View quote
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In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people. View quote
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A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. View quote
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There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. View quote
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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. View quote
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the Administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. View quote
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Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. View quote
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The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. View quote
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Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come. View quote
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Many causes produce war. There are ancient hatreds, turbulent frontiers, the "legacy of old forgotten, far-off things, and battles long ago." There are new-born fanaticisms. Convictions on the part of certain peoples that they have become the unique depositories of ultimate truth and right. View quote
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A serf-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages or stretching workers' hours. View quote
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Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. View quote
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I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making. View quote
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Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God. View quote
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The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are. View quote
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The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. View quote
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It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present. View quote
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I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation. View quote
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I have a terrific pain in the back of my head. View quote
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We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization. View quote
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We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that so long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the Nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war. View quote
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