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

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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....

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

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...

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.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

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,...

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

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.