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Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American
President
Born:
Jan 30
,
1882
Government
Men
Nation
People
Will
You
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government
Democracy
Alien
Power
Country
President
Our
Rulers
Ourselves
Never
Never Forget
Over
Voters
Ultimate
Government Officials
Forget
Senators
Officials
Us
Let Us
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Motivational
You
Knot
Reach
Tie
End
Hang
Rope
Your
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fear
Only
Itself
The Only Thing
Thing
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vote
People
Voting
Will
Way
Only
Except
Could
Nobody
American
Deprive
Themselves
American People
Ever
Right
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kindness
People
Free
Tough
Nation
Fiber
Weakened
Free People
Never
Cruel
Does
Human
Stamina
Human Kindness
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happiness
Achievement
Creative
Joy
Lies
Thrill
Effort
Happiness Lies
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 little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
History
Progress
Add
Enough
Our
Those
More
Abundance
Test
Provide
Whether
Little
Much
Who
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
Education
Democracy
Unless
Those
Wisely
Safeguard
Real
Cannot
Succeed
Choice
Choose
Who
Therefore
Express
Prepared
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Relationship
Together
Peace
Science
People
World
Live
Relationships
Must
Ability
Kinds
Civilization
Cultivate
Survive
Same
Human
To Survive
Human Relationships
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
Freedom
People
Job
Independence
Made
Hungry
Out
Security
Economic
Individual
Individual Freedom
Economic Security
True
Stuff
Without
Exist
Dictatorships
Cannot
Which
Who
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
Strength
People
Giving
Nation
Our
Air
Our People
Destroys
Purifying
Fresh
Itself
Forests
Land
Lungs
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Intelligence
World
Smart
I Can
Colleagues
Pick
Smartest
Fellow
Sure
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Politics
Good
Man
Conservative
Walk
Never
Perfectly
Learned
How
However
Legs
Who
Forward
Two
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confidence
Obligations
Honesty
Protection
Honor
Thrive
Faithful
Live
Sacredness
Unselfish
Performance
Without
Cannot
Them
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fate
Men
Own
Minds
Only
Prisoners
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government
Freedom
People
Liberty
Strong
Control
Enough
Only
Maintain
Over
Protect
Well
Well Enough
Sure
Continuing
Bulwark
Sovereign
Informed
Interests
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
War
God
Will
Inevitable
Yesterday
Live
Air
Seventh
States
Triumph
Deliberately
Date
Attacked
Empire
Forces
Infamy
America
December
Gain
Which
Japan
Us
Help
Naval
Suddenly
United
United States
United States Of America
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soil
Nation
Destroys
Itself
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Good
Bad Luck
Bird
Too Much
Luck
Think
Too
Enough
Worm
Consider
Good Luck
Bad
Much
Early
Chance
Early Bird
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Life
Hope
World
Better
Better World
Conviction
Horizon
Better Life
Beyond
Always
Held
Belief
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sail
Anchor
Must
Drift
Reach
Tie
Port
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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
History
World
Prosperity
Will
Unity
Danger
Promise
Point
Shared
Toward
Move
Move Forward
Either
Which
Apart
Stand
Full
Forward
Widely
Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Today
Competition
Further
Strive
Has-Been
Must
Point
Leaves
Been
Off
Up
Begins
Where
Which
Certain
Certain Point
Useful
Shown
Cooperation
Thing
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country
Inclusive
Society
Out
More
Construct
No-One
Make
Left
Trying
Going
Which
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
Try
Sense
Frankly
Admit
Above
Something
Take
Fails
Another
Method
Common
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truth
Truth Is
Men
Free
Pursue
Found
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