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Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • "A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
  • "A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."
  • "Be sincere; be brief; be seated."
  • "Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."
  • "Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
  • "Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment."
  • " Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
  • "Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.'
  • "I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all. "
  • "I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking."



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