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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
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Age: 63 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 30
Died: 1945
Died: April 12
32Nd U.S. President
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This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
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We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization.
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I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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