President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on WhiteHouse.gov

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“Be sincere; be brief; be seated.”

“Here is my principle:  Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay.  That is the only American principle.”

“If you treat people right they will treat you right—ninety percent of the time.”

“In politics, nothing happens by accident.  If it happened, you can bet it was planned that way.”

“It is fun being in the same decade with you.”

—From “A Letter to Winston Churchill”

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

—From “First Inaugural Address”

“We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.”

—From fireside chat on national defense

“We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.  The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.  The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way everywhere in the world.  The third is freedom from want…everywhere in the world.  The fourth is freedom from fear…anywhere in the world.”

“We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”

—From a letter to Dr. William Allan Neilson

“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot, and hang on.”

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