[ Famous Quotes ] Classic Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) American President

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

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A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

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Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

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Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

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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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I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

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I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

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I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

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I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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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.

Hugszzz,ELLY..Elisi Eli

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