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

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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...

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...

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

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...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921...

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

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

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...

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

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...

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...