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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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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If you hold your fire until you see the whites of his eyes, you will never know what hit you.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
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The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
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Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living.
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I see an America whose rivers and valleys and lakes hills and streams and plains the mountains over our land and nature's wealth deep under the earth are protected as the rightful heritage of all the people.
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We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.
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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.
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Books cannot be killed by fire.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.
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The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
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In the final analysis, the progress of our civilization will be retarded if any large body of citizens falls behind. Without the help of thousands of others, any one of us would die, naked and starved.
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We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against abuse of freedom.
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Liberty requires opportunity to make a living--a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.
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We know that there are chiselers. At the bottom of every case of criticism and obstruction we have found some selfish interest, some private axe to grind.
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