If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesnt...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesnt...

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are...

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are...

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But...

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, 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.

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or...

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But...

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

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

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

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

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

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

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....

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

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

Ugly hell, gape not! come not, Lucifer! I'll burn my books!

Ugly hell, gape not! come not, Lucifer! I'll burn my books!

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say...

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say...