Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

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• The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.

  

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• We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

  

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• The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

  

  Franklin D. Roosevelt
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