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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933
Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, speech, Nov. 2, 1940
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves -- and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, The Wit and Wisdom of Franklin D. Roosevelt
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, speech, Oct. 5, 1937
Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children have to pay interest on it they will pay that interest to themselves. A reasonable internal debt will not impoverish our children or put the Nation into bankruptcy.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, speech, May 22, 1939
The True conservative seeks to protect the system of private property and free enterprise by correcting such injustices and inequalities as arise from it. The most serious threat to our institutions comes from those who refuse to face the need for change. Liberalism becomes the protection for the far-sighted conservative.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, speech, Sep. 29, 1936
There are as many opinions as there are experts.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, speech, Jun. 12, 1942
We ... would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, speech, June 1941
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