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No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
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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The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace.
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Failure is not an American habit.
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Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.
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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country... By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living.
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We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy.
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I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.
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We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that so long as war exists on earth there will be some danger that even the Nation which most ardently desires peace may be drawn into war.
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If we do not halt this steady process of building commissions and regulatory bodies and the special legislation like huge inverted pyramids over every one of the simple constitutional provisions, we shall soon be spending many billions of dollars more.
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We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.
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Coming to grips with the reality that our planet is not the only one harboring intelligent life the universe.
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Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.
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I have a terrific headache.
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The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.
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