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Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.
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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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb.
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Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless.
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We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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