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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
32nd president of US [more author details]

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As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.: 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
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.: 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 too little.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter to Winston Churchill
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, message for Jefferson Day, April 13, 1945
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939
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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, Oct. 26, 1939
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, October 26, 1939
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The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech in Syracuse, NY Sep. 29, 1936
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In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech, September 22, 1936
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