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Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. We will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.
Written by 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.
Written by 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.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
There are as many opinions as there are experts.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
Written by Franklin D. Roosevelt

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