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" The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. "
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nation
Destroys
Itself
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" In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down. "
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" The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. "
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" The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. "
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" One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along. "
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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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" No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. "
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" Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them. "
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" This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. "
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" Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. "
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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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" We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings. "
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" Be sincere; be brief; be seated. "
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" No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. "
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" Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are. "
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" Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. "
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" In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. "
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" Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples. "
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" Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something. "
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" I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. "
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" I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. "
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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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" The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. "
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" If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come. "
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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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