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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Employment Rich Social Order Wasted Time
We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Dangerous Government Money Organization
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Beware Man Order Special Wings
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Fate Man Mindset Prison
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Bitter Maturity Myself Politics Thinking
What America needs now is a drink.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Drink Need One Liner
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Accident Planning Politics Way
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Business Inspirational Way Work
We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Ability Equality Existence Opportunity Willing
The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Destroy Nation Patriotic
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
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Feeling Lonely Opinion Public Thinking World
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 motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Death Peace Strong Survive War Weakness
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Children Future Ourselves Preparation
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