We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

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...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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

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

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

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

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned...

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

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.

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....

The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...

A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what...