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Quotes of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Usa)1884-1962 American First Lady Columnist Lecturer Humanitarian
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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 too little. (giving)
It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. (government)
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. (freedom)
I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. (expectation)
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We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear. (freedom)
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. (freedom)
The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights -- that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system. (majority)
Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. (leaders and leadersh)
Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation. (meaning of life)
It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there. (leaders and leadersh)
The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred... (love)
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough. (kindness)
There is no indispensable man. (job)
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. (perseverance)
A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. (politicians and poli)
Peace, like charity, begins at home. (peace)
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. (truth)
No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities. (minorities)
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. (power)
Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races. (prejudice)
The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid. (poverty and the poor)
No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity. (politicians and poli)
Be sincere, be brief; be seated. (speakers and speakin)
never before have we had so little time in which to do so much. (time and time manage)
If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come. (recession)
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