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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
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.
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Liberty requires opportunity to make a living -- a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and cooperation may be cultivated.
Confidence...thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Just go out there and do what you've got to do.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.