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" I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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" There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. "

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" 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. "

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" Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. "

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" Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged. "

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" If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time. "

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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. "

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" The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart. "

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

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" If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. "

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" Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. "

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" The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. "

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" This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. "

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" It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. "

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" We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter. "

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" I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking. "

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" Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. "

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

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" More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. "

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" 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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