Franklin Delano Roosevelt

(23 votes)   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.

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(15 votes)   The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

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(14 votes)   I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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(394 votes)   The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred...

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(310 votes)   Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrations and revolutionists.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(279 votes)   I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.

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(192 votes)   Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(189 votes)   A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(171 votes)   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.

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1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(167 votes)   These unhappy times call for the building of plans that build from the bottom up and not from the top down, that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(161 votes)   I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(158 votes)   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.

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1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(157 votes)   Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(152 votes)   The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights -- that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.

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1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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(151 votes)   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
1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA

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