“I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”
Intelligence“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.”
Peace“I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”
Intelligence“No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.”
Government“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
Society“Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.”
Religion“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”
Strength“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
Men“Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.”
Future“Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.”
Future“More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.”
War“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.”
Hope“One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.”
Best“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
Freedom“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”
Education“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”
Government“There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.”
Good“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”
Government“Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.”
Change“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
Happiness“If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.”
Time“We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.”
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