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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Democracy Liberty Live Party Support
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Cruelty Freedom Human Kindness Nation People Soft Tough Weakness
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 Different Direction Election Goal Name Principle
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Choice Democracy Education Expression Safety Success
The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Ancient Country Government Principle Race
If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Generosity Karma Kindness People Right Time Yourself
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Himself Poison Yourself
The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Best Customer Paid Work
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Existence Freedom Independence Job People Security True
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Fear Philosophy
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Believe Death Deep Freedom Live Ourselves
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

Death Dedication Fire Freedom Kill Man People Weapon
What America needs now is a drink.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Drink Need One Liner
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. ROOSEVELT

Failure Method Try
We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Bad Economics Interest Moral
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Necessary Principle Rule Sacred