Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes - Page 3

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• Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Remember You, Remembers You, Play

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• Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Strength, Spiritual

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1941, Volume 10”, p.152, Best Books on

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• Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Communication, Patriotic, Political

  "asic Public Speaking". Book by Paul L. Soper, p. 12, 1963.

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• No greater tragedy exists in modern civilization than the aged, worn-out worker who after a life of ceaseless effort and useful productivity must look forward for his declining years to a poorhouse. A modern social consciousness demands a more humane and efficient arrangement.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Years, Civilization, Effort

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.210, Best Books on

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• Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Life, Mean, Men

  "Looking Forward".

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• The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Interesting, President

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.84, Best Books on

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• Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Winning, Men, Long

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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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• The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

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• We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Society, Trying

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• The real safeguard of democracy is education.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Real, Democracy

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

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• The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Strength, Strong, War

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.599, Best Books on

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• The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Unions, Working Conditions, Labor Union

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.504, Best Books on

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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.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Thinking, Long, Feelings

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• Liberty requires opportunity to make a living--a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Freedom, Opportunity, Men

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

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• The whole world is one neighborhood.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  World, Neighborhood, Whole

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• In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Men, Justice, Fellow Man

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• An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Country, Party, Names

  Fireside Chat in the night before signing the Fair Labor Standards, June 24, 1938.

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• Freedom of speech...Freedom of worship...Freedom from want...Freedom from fear.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Memorial, Political, Freedom Of Speech

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• Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Principles, Sacred

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4”, p.343, Best Books on

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• The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Fate, Greatness, Men

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1940, Volume 9”, p.862, Best Books on

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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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• There are as many opinions as there are experts.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Experts, Opinion

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

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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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  Motivational, Leadership, Perseverance

  Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)

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• There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Hate, Men, America

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