We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Now they've come before Jerusalem. Passions, avar... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. They want us ... KAMAND KOJOURI I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United... BUFFALO BILL We should honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt today as the greatest commander in chief of the Armed Forc... NIGEL HAMILTON The Genius Of The Crowd there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the avera... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Reckless with our government; reckless with his own future, position and place in history. CLARE SHORT Anyone who saw Nagasaki would suddenly realize that they'd been kept in the dark by the United S... LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI The United States stands with the people and government of Indonesia as they work to bring to justic... CONDOLEEZZA RICE What we call religion is merely organized belief, with its dogmas, rituals, mysteries and superstiti... 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DAVID GRAEBER I watch my loved ones weep with sorrow, death's silent torment of no tomorrow. I feel th... C.L. WILSON It may not feel too classy, begging just to eat But you know who does that? Lassie, and s... JOSS WHEDON The government has done its part, now it's time that people do their part, ... We have never, in our... LAWRENCE SUMMERS Almost I feel the pulsebeat of the ages, Now swift, now slow, beneath my fingertips. The ... GRACE NOLL CROWELL As long as government has the power to regulate business, business will control government by fundin... MARY J. RUWART [Charlie is dying:] After what seemed a long while, but hadn’t been, Marsh gave Paulette’s ... EDWARD FAHEY That, of course, depends entirely on who you mean by 'they'. It's a very vague term. Who is or are '... AGATHA CHRISTIE But what I would like to know," says Albert, "is whether there would not have been a war if th... 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"I suppose." "AR-15?" "Ugh. AR-15... BRANDON SANDERSON We are prepared to give them whatever guarantees they may ask for but the government cannot do... FAURE GNASSINGBE Jesus in the Temple of God in Jerusalem Matthew 21 12: AND JESUS WENT INTO THE... SWAMI DHYAN GITEN ... bright young men of disheveled appearance, often with sunken glowing eyes, can be seen sitt... JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM Dear Child, Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are i... SHANNON L. ALDER Hardly had the light been extinguished, when a peculiar trembling began to affect the netting u... VICTOR HUGO They grabbed for me, but he bared his teeth in a smile that was anything but friendly - SARAH J. MAAS They have not forgotten the Mysteries,' she said, ‘they have found them too difficult. They want a... MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY In trials of ir'n and silver fain “The dead will rise and walk again “The blesséd few... NENIA CAMPBELL Words Be careful of words, even the miraculous ones. 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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themsel... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie at anchor Sail, not drift. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 19... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative
effort. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The only thing to fear is fear itself. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which par... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT It is fun to be in the same decade with you. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - name... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economic... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the v... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority o... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties w... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is wheth... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Confidence....thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations,
on faithful prote... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT If we can ''boondoggle'' ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT the first war of the 21st century. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT a poverty-ridden old age. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We can never insure 100 percent of the population against 100 percent of the hazards and vicissitude... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We should never forge those that did not return, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT greatly impressed. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, or preventing all possibility of its... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT It got to a point where I had to get a hair-cut or a violin FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising busi... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that is have free and independent l... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We shall make the most lasting progress if we recognize that Social Security can furnish only a base... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Government run by organized money is the same as government run by the organized mob FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business,... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it ... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT There is nothing I love as much as a good fight. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We can afford all that we need; but we cannot afford all that we want FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I love it--I just love it. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fun... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We are going to tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early wor... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If i... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the f... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT He (Somoza, the elder in Nicaragua) may be an SOB but he's our SOB FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a s... FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT