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



We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.



Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.



Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.



Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.



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.



Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.



True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.



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



We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.



Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.



Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrations and revolutionists.



Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.



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.



A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and needs of its neighbors - all the other nations that live within the narrowing circle of the world








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