There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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

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

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

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

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

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

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

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism....

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism....

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...