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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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.
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.
We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on free men.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
And while I am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more assurance. I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.
To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing.
I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.
Forests are the lungs of our land.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if necessary, the faults in our economic system from which we now suffer. We need the courage of the young. Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. May every one of us be granted the courage, the faith and the vision to give the best that is in us to that remaking!
It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient.... We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our own destiny.
