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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPeace, like charity, begins at home.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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