1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA
The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Constitutions]

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred…
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Love]

There is no indispensable man.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Job]

These unhappy times call for the building of plans that build from the bottom up and not from the top down, that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Aid and Assistance]

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [America]

Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, 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.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Relationships]

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Freedom]

War is a contagion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [War]

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Power]

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Future]

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want?. The fourth is freedom from fear.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Freedom]

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Freedom]

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Perseverance]

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Action]

Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Prejudice]

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