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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has...   Politics
A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lun...  
Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of y...  
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.  
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of oblig...  
Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human cha...  
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative ef...  
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pa...  
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of...  
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.  
I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.  
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not e...  
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart co...  
If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human ...  
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent ...  
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or ...  
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet i...  
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans...  
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it ...  
It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you...  
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien powe...  
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.  
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars -...  
One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we ...  
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spirit...  
Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will ...  
Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.  
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.  
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.  
Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the o...  
Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch  
Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try anoth...  
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the grow...  
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of to...  
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong eno...  
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.  
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. ...  
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance o...   History
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.  
There are as many opinions as there are experts.  
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing sti...  
There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.  
There is nothing to fear but fear itself.   Success
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not dr...  
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and ind...  
We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than...  
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we no...  
What this country needs is a good five cent cigar.  
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.  
Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, t...