Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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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 too little.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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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. ”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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"We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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"Do Something.

If it works, do more of it.

If it doesn't,

do something else."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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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."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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"Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

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"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)