All Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
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Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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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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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.
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If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.
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