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Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless.
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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I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
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I ask especially that no state shall, by law or otherwise, authorize the return of the saloon, either in its old form or in some modern guise.
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Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
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This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.
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In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.
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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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You'll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat but it doesn't need to worry you. You won't always be right, but you mustn't suffer from being wrong. That's what kills people like us.
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It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
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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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Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.
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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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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 world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.
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