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• We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Selfish, Criticism, Grind

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “Fireside chats”, Penguin Group USA

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• The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Defense, Institutions, Core

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• A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Speech, Indispensable

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.860, Best Books on

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• The fundamental idea...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Ideas, People

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• No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today -- social, political, or economic -- that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Blessing, Land, Political

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.541, Best Books on

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• [The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Bible, God, Religious

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• I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Christian, Democrat

  "The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope". Book by Jonathan Alter, p. 244, 2007.

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• We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Ambition, Wealth, Prosperity

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• If we do not halt this steady process of building commissions and regulatory bodies and the special legislation like huge inverted pyramids over every one of the simple constitutional provisions, we shall soon be spending many billions of dollars more.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Simple, Pyramids, Liberty

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1940, Volume 9”, p.573, Best Books on

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• I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Expectations, Bats

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• Those of you who have been there [Haiti] know it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It has everything. It has everything above the ground, and everything under the ground.... It is an amazing place. I strongly recommend that whenever you get a chance, if you haven't been there, that you go to Haiti. I think it was a certain Queen of England who said that after her death "Calais" would be found written on her heart. When I die, I think that "Haiti" is going to be written on my heart.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Beautiful, Country, Queens

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• To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Self, Individual Effort, Civilization

  Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at San Diego Exposition in San Diego, California, October 2, 1935.

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• I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  People, World War 2, Deals

  Speech to Democratic National Convention accepting presidential nomination, Chicago, Ill., 2 July 1932. The earliest figurative use of the term new deal that has been found is in a letter from John Rathbone to Nicholas Biddle, 18 Jan. 1834, referring to "a new bank and a New Deal." Roosevelt or his speechwriters may have picked up the phrase from earlier political usages by Mark Twain or Woodrow Wilson. See Twain 40; Woodrow Wilson 4

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• I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Military, Good Luck, Army

  "Roosevelt and Howe" y Alfred B. Rollins, Jr., (p. 153), 1962.

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• The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Self, Forever, Republic

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage in a mad race in armament which, if permitted to continue, may well result in war. This grave menace to the peace of the world is due in no small measure to the uncontrolled activities of the manufacturers and merchants of engines of destruction, and it it must be met by the concerted actions of the peoples of all Nations.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Race, Government

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1934, Volume 3".

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• So many figures are quoted to prove so many things. Sometimes it depends on what paper you read or what broadcast you listen in on.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Paper, Sometimes, Figures

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• Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Freedom, Struggle, Mean

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Government, Democracy, United States

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.570, Best Books on

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• Nationwide thinking, nationwide planning and nationwide action are the three great essentials to prevent nationwide crises for future generations to struggle through.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Struggle, Thinking, Essentials

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.181, Best Books on

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• My fellow Americans: Last night when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that the troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join me in prayer:
  Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization. . .

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Prayer, Fall, Struggle

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson - and I am not wholly excepting the Administration of W. W. The country is going through a repetition of Jackson's fight with the Bank of the United States - only on a far bigger and broader basis.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Real, Fighting

  "F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945" edited by Elliott Roosevelt New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (p. 373), 1950.

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• To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Hero, Winning, Battle

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• The essential qualities of a true Pan Americanism must be the same as those which constitute a good neighbor; namely, mutual understanding, and through such understanding, a sympathetic appeciation of the other's point of view. It is only in this manner that we can hope to build up a system of which confidence, friendship, and good will are the cornerstones.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Views, Understanding, Quality

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

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• Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Sweat, Paying Taxes

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.798, Best Books on

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