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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 am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest.
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Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.
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Lord, reform Thy world, beginning with me.
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I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
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The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
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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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I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to block the suggested legislation
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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...Since 1775 the United States Marines have upheld a fine tradition of service to their country. They are doing so today. I am confident they will continue to do so.
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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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We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle.
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I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.
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Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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