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Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Biography

Author Profession: President
Nationality: American
Born: January 30, 1882
Died: April 12, 1945

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Ability, Ambition, Appetite, Assert, Continue, Earn, Great, Greater, Him, Individual, More, Obtain, Others, Power, Preferred, Proper, Recognize, Security, Some, Than, Wealth

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Ability, Ambition, Appetite, Assert, Continue, Earn, Great, Him, Individual, More, Obtain, Power, Preferred, Proper, Recognize, Security, Some, Than, Wealth