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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

Best Customer Paid Work
There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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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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Cruelty Freedom Human Kindness Nation People Soft Tough Weakness
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Death Dedication Fire Freedom Kill Man People Weapon
Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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 goverment.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Control Enough Government Liberty Maintain Protection Strong
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Force Impact Physical Spiritual Strength
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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Business Existence Live Myself Pay
Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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 barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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Barrier Doubt Existence Purity Simplicity Success
No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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Conservation Goodness Legs Perfection Walk