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Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form.
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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First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
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Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.
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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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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.
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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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The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.
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We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.
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Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive.
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It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.
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I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.
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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.
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I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship.
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Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will that directs them indomitable.
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