Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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.

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...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

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.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join...

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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...

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...

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the...

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the...

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...

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

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

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

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...

Charity begins at home, but should not end there

Charity begins at home, but should not end there

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...