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Franklin D. Roosevelt Greatest Quotes

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.

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

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.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

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

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.

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

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

I’m not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

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