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By acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

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To have acted otherwise ... would have been the betrayal of the interests of the United States.

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War is not merely justifiable, but imperative upon honorable men, upon an honorable nation, where peace can only be obtained by the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or of national welfare.

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To discriminate against a thoroughly upright citizen because he belongs to some particular church, or because, like Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his allegiance to any church, is an outrage against the liberty of conscience, which is one of the foundations of American life.

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Believe you can do it and you are halfway there

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I have had a great time as president.

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The supreme duty of the Nation is the conservation of human resources through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We pledge ourselves to work unceasingly in State and Nation for ... the protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irregular employment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to American use.

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The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens.

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The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.

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So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

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We sincerely and earnestly believe in peace; but if peace and justice conflict, we scorn the man who would not stand for justice though the whole world came in arms against him.

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From the very beginning our people have markedly combined practical capacity for affairs with power of devotion to an ideal. The lack of either quality would have rendered the other of small value.

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The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.

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The worst of all fears is the fear of living

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In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

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We are the heirs of the ages

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I would a great deal rather be anything, say professor of history, than vice president.

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A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.

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It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks, and the greatest of all prizes are those connected with the home.

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There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.

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