More from Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  1. The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a meth…
  2. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions i…
  3. Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without …
  4. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
  5. There seems to be no question that [Mussolini] is really interested in what we are doing and I am much interested and deeply impressed by w…
  6. No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.
  7. The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the …
  8. I don't mind telling you in confidence that I am keeping in fairly close touch with that admirable Italian gentleman.

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