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There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.

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It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself.

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The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.

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Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

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The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.

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In name we had the Declaration of Independence in 1776; but we gave the lie by our acts to the words of the Declaration of Independence until 1865; and words count for nothing except in so far as they represent acts.

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Much of the usefulness of any career must lie in the impress that it makes upon, and the lessons that it teaches to, the generations that come after.

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No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

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The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

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We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.

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There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter when the rocking chair in front of the fire simply demands an accompanying book.

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

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Leave it as it is. You can not improve on it. You can only mar it. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it. What you can do is keep it for your children, your children's children and for all who come after you.

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No President has ever enjoyed himself as much as I?

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There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all.

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Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

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Weasel words from mollycoddles will never do when the day demands prophetic clarity from greathearts. Manly men must emerge for this hour of trial.

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A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has left office he cannot do very much; and he is a fool if he fails to realize it all and to be profoundly thankful for having had the great chance.

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There is nothing more distressing ... than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as a cause for laughter. Such laughter is worse than the crackling of thorns under a pot, for it denotes not merely the vacant mind, but the heart in which high emotions have been choked before they could grow to fruition.

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The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.

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