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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations. ↗

— Elihu Root

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Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts. ↗

— Elihu Root

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A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in. ↗

— Jean Rostand

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To me, to spend all the time and energy and face all those creative challenges that you would spend for a two hour movie, you're inventing a world, you're inventing characters. If they're interesting enough, they should be compelling enough to go for five more episodes. How incredibly frustrating would it be to just do one movie? ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

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There may be some difficulties during a period of adjustment. Specifically, picking up their life again and making their own truly independent decisions. ↗

— Rick Ross

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