Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

• When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.

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

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  No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.

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  It is an old strategy of tyrants to delude their victims into fighting their battles for them.

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• We have the men-the skill-the wealth-and above all, the will… We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

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• I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

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• I have seen war… I hate war.

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• Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

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• Let me assert my belief that the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror that paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

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• In the field of world policy, I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbour.

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• Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

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• Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

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• The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.

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

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• I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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• The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

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• We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression–everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship G-d in his own way– everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want…everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear…..anywhere in the world.

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• Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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

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• Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (91)

Birth:	30th January, 1882
Death:	12th April, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	President

About

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, USA. He was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party for many years as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. He graduated from Harvard in 1903 with an A.B. in history. He received an honorary LL.D. from Harvard in 1929. He later received a posthumous J.D. from Columbia Law School.

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