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Most people misunderstand Wisdom, but Franklin D Roosevelt saw it differently. This collection isolates their contrarian insights, backed by full source attribution so you can verify the context. Whether you're questioning conventional wisdom or seeking a fresh perspective, these quotes challenge how you think about Wisdom. Keep this archive close when you need to cut through groupthink and see clearly.
"The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself."
"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."
Speech: Radio Address on the Seventh Anniversary of the Social Security Act
"The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
"We cannot afford to be soft-headed. But we can afford to be soft-hearted."
"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."
"The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid is the one who must be helped first."
"Wealth is not the aim of life, but it is an instrument of life."
"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."
"There are as many opinions as there are experts."
"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are."
"The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize."
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely."
"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics."
"Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature can be as serious as the throwing out of balance of the resources of a bank."
"I am not the smartest man in the world, but I can surely pick smart colleagues."
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