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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.
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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Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
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No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today -- social, political, or economic -- that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.
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I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
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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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Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred!
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Frankly, I do not know how to effect a permanency in American foreign policy.
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To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.
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I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.
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A serf-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages or stretching workers' hours.
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There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.
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Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form.
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[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.
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We can afford all that we need but we can not afford all [that] we want.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
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I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.
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Your profits are going to be cut down to a reasonably low level by taxation. Your income will be subject to higher taxes. Indeed in these days, when every available dollar should go to the war effort, I do not think that any American citizen should have a net income in excess of $25,000 per year after payment of taxes.
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