It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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 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...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

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...

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...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor...

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

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

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

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....

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

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

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely,...

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

The greatest enemy of individual freedom is the individual himself.

May I never wake up from the American dream.

May I never wake up from the American dream.

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy...

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy...