Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
Quotes to Explore
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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I lived in Shetland for a short while in the seventies and have been visiting ever since, so I have lots of useful contacts!
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I think, as a woman in action in the business, you would be stupid not to express interest. Any female action role that presents itself as an opportunity I would throw myself at!
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I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.
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I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
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No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
