In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

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

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

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

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...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

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.

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

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people....

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people....

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

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...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

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.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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

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

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

While there is a lower class I am in it; while there is a criminal...

While there is a lower class I am in it; while there is a criminal...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who...