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Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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....

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...

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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.

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...

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...

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...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

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....

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...

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

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

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

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities...

Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities...