"The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers……" — Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea."

— 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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A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is… — Alain Badiou
He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr
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In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to… — Christian Bale

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