"Lives of nations are determined not by the……" — Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live."
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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383 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant…
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Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.
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To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be…
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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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I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who…
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than…
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