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I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

World

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Christian

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thinking

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Enemies

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

People

Country

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

states

United

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

People

Kindness

Nation

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Luck

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Work

First

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.