It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

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...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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...

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal...

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal...

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

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....

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

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 school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

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...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.