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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThere are as many opinions as there are experts.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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.
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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.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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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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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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