Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes - Page 4

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• The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Nature, Science, Land

  Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law, February 26, 1937.

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• We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  People, History, Cost

  The Four Freedoms, delivered 6 January, 1941 (photo of FDR in 1936)

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• Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

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  Equality, Principles, Taxation

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.525, Best Books on

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

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  Business, Self, Greed

  Second Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1937

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• We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.

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  Opportunity, Equality, Disability

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.201, Best Books on

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• Change is like fire- if uncontrolled, it will consume us.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Fire, Ifs

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• The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.

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  Thinking, Long, Feelings

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• Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.

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  Waiting, Results, Do The Best

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• To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.

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  This Generation, Generations, Rendezvous

  Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

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• I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Judging, Judgement, Enemy

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• There are as many opinions as there are experts.

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  Experts, Opinion

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

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• Peace, like charity, begins at home.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Family, Peace, Home

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1939, Volume 8”, p.529, Best Books on

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• Above all, try something

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Life, Motivational, Hope

  Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)

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• In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living.

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  Country, Mean, Simple

  Franklin D. Roosevelt's statement on the National Industrial Recovery Act, June 16, 1933.

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• It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

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  Money, Political, Politics

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• No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.

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  Country, Order, Unemployment

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1934, Volume 3”, p.420, Best Books on

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

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  Inspirational, Ninety Nine, People

  "The Roosevelt I Knew". Book by Frances Perkins, p. 5, 1946.

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• The real safeguard of democracy is education.

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  Real, Democracy

  "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7".

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• It will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth or learning or inheritance or economic power, to retain any mandate, any permanent authority to arrogate to itself the political control of American public life.

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  People, Cynical, Political

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• The handling of our forests as a continuous, renewable resource means permanent employment and stability to our country life. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the slopes, retaining the moisture in the ground, and controlling the equable flow of water in our streams.

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  Country, Mean, Water

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4”, p.65, Best Books on

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• Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Memories, Freedom, War

  "Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

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• We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!

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  Wisdom, Mean, Giving

  Franklin D. Roosevelt's Oglethorpe University Commencement Address, May 22, 1932.

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• Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.

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  Europe, Air Power, Aviation

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• We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.

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  Politics, Constitution, Court

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

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• No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.

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  Men, Kitten, Pearl Harbor Day

  The Great Arsenal of Democracy, delivered 29 December 1940

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