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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
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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I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The Nazi danger to our Western world has long ceased to be a mere possibility. The danger is here now--not only from a military enemy but from an enemy of all law, all liberty, all morality, all religion.
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In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.
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We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.
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Sometimes the best way to keep peace in the family is to keep the members of the family apart for awhile.
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Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase.
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I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
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If you have spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your big toe, everything else seems easy.
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