Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

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...

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

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

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

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....

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

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 beginning of all...

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

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political...

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political...

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather...

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather...

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

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

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....