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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Conservation Goodness Legs Perfection Walk
What America needs now is a drink.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Drink Need One Liner
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Business Inspirational Way Work
The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Barrier Doubt Existence Purity Simplicity Success
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
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
Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Himself Man Worth
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
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
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Attack Design Justice Oppression Ourselves Remember
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
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
The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Administration Leadership Moral Office Place President
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
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
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

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