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'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without that true religion which gives a nation a sense of justice and moral purpose.

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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Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force.
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I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.
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Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.
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I have seen war ... I hate war.
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Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned.
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