Franklin D Roosevelt

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Franklin D Roosevelt- “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”

As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.

Franklin D Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D Roosevelt

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

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Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

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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.

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If you treat people right they will treat you right – ninety percent of the time.

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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.

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The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

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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.

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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

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

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We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

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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.

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We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

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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.

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It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

Franklin D Roosevelt (in letter to Churchill)

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.

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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

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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.

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In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

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Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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