They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers. . . call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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

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

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all...

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...

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...

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

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...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives...

Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

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...

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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our...

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.

In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.