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.
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Franklin D. RooseveltOglethorpe University Commencement Address (1932)
About Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President who led America through the Great Depression and World War II. (1882-1945)
More from Franklin D. Roosevelt
- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.First Inaugural Address (1933)
- Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.First Inaugural Address (1933)
- Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.First Inaugural Address (1933)
- Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.Address to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union (1939)
- Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.Radio address (1939)
- The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.Second Inaugural Address (1937)
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