There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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...

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...

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...

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

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

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

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

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...

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

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...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

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....

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...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

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.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding