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> [“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them." \[ Letter to Herbert Putnam ; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/i-have-an-unshaken-conviction-that-democracy-can-never-be-undermined/)

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-delano-roosevelt/)

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## More by Franklin Delano Roosevelt

> [“Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/freedom-means-the-supremacy-of-human-rights-everywhere-our-support/)

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> [“The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/the-first-truth-is-that-the-liberty-of-a-democracy-is-not-safe-if-the/)

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> [“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/we-had-to-struggle-with-the-old-enemies-of-peace-business-and/)

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-delano-roosevelt/)

> [“I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/i-sometimes-think-that-the-saving-grace-of-america-lies-in-the-fact/)

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> [“The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/the-truth-is-found-when-men-and-women-are-free-to-pursue-it/)

[Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-delano-roosevelt/)

> [“I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-delano-roosevelt/i-have-an-unshaken-conviction-that-democracy-can-never-be-undermined/)

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