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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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
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

Choice Day Difficult Love Man Ourselves Path
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
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

Construction Country Oneself Society Try
To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Expectation Generation Material Wealth
That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Control Essence Government Power Privacy
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Economice School Willing
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Clear Eyes Forest Government Pollution School
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Oneself Stand Still Way
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
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

People Right Vote Way Yourself
No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Destiny General Government Help Insistence
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Civilization Cultivation Live Peace Science Survive Togetherness World
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Necessary Principle Rule Sacred
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Accident Planning Politics Way
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. ROOSEVELT

Achievement Creativity Effort Moon Possession Stardom