"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself." — Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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383 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt has 383 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no…
My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant…
The liberal party is a party which believes that, as new conditions an problems arise beyond the power of men…
Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.
For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs…
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. If those taxes are excessive, they are reflected in…
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be…
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who…
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than…

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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen
The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as… — Saint Basil
It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the friction. — Henry Ward Beecher
Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his… — David Bowie
This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. — Sitting Bull
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise. — Leo Buscaglia
Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking… — Raymond Chandler
The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the… — Hugo Chavez
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people. — John Cleese
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. — Seneca the Younger
It is quite an old-fashioned fallacy to suppose that our objection to scepticism is that it removes the discipline from… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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