#elf

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Its success lies in the fact that it's an insurance plan, not an investment plan or a welfare plan. ↗

— James Roosevelt

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