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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
    tags: fear
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: enemies, friendship, judgement
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: insanity, misattributed, perseverance, sanity
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “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.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: inequality, kindness, money, poverty, progress, wealth
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: funny, humor, politics, usa
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: ecology, environment, trees
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “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
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: education, government, political-philosophy, public-duty, voting
    326 likes

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  • #9
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: happiness
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: achievement, happiness, wealth, wisdom
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: capitalism, democracy, fascism
    386 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: doubt, future, present, progress
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: action, inaction, perseverance, progress
    199 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Presidents are selected, not elected.”
    ― Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    tags: democracy, politics, presidency, presidents, voting
    153 likes

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  • #17
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Looking Forward
    tags: perseverance, trial-and-error, trying
    139 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated.”
    ― Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    tags: brevity, etiquette, politeness, sincerity
    129 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: conservatives
    116 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    101 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.”
    ― Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    tags: freedom, liberty, truth
    79 likes

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  • #23
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.”
    ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
    tags: fdr, sufficient, want
    91 likes

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    “We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.”
    ― Franklin Delano Roosevelt
    tags: economics, greed
    109 likes



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