"They have given their sons to the military……" — Franklin D. Roosevelt
"They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and welded the tanks. Riveted the ships and rolled the shells."
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383 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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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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