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1、任何人只要去做他所恐惧的事，并持续地做下去，直到有获得成功的记录做后盾，他便能克服恐惧。

2、以嘲弄的眼光看待人生，是最颓靡的。

3、要成大事，就得既有理想，又讲实际，不能走极端。

4、不宽恕别人的人，至死也得不到别人的宽恕。

5、我认为克服恐惧最好的办法理应是：面对内心所恐惧的事情，勇往直前地去做，直到成功为止。

6、幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦，以及产生创造力的**。

7、自由就是人权在所有地方高于一切。

8、有学问而无道德，如一恶汉；有道德而无学问，如一鄙夫。

9、世界上没有什么事情是值的担忧的，唯一值得担忧的事是担忧本身。

10、没有书籍，就不能打赢思想之战，正如没有舰只不能打赢海战一样。

11、我们不能为我们的青年造就美好未来，但我们可以为未来造就青年一代。

12、我们真正需要恐惧的是恐惧本身。

13、每当一位艺术家逝去，人类的一些幻想也随之而逝。

14、做一个有信义的人胜似做一个有名气的人。

15、实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。

16、永远不要让你的左手知道你的右手在干什么。

17、当时间的主人，命运的主宰，灵魂的舵手。

18、一位最佳领导者，是一位知人善任者，而在下属甘心从事其职守时，领导要有自我约束力量，而不插手干涉他们。

19、科学的博爱精神把分散在世界各地、各种热心科学的人联结成一个大家庭。

20、我要宣传的不是颓废的淫逸哲学，而是自发的人生之道。

21、人生就象打橄榄球一样，不能犯规，也不要闪避球，而应向底线冲过去。

22、当人们自由地追求真理时，真理就会被发现。

23、人不是命运的囚徒，而是受到心灵的禁锢。

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在1930年代经济大萧条期间，罗斯福推行新政以提供失业救济与复苏经济，并成立众多机构来改革经济和银行体系，从经济危机的深渊中挽救了美国，他所发起的一些计划仍继续在国家的商贸中扮演重要角色。除此之外，在其任内设立的一些制度仍然保留至今。罗斯福曾促成了政党重组，他与其妻埃莉诺·罗斯福至今仍是美国现代自由主

义的典范。罗斯福**重新定义了自由主义，并根据他的新政联盟重组了民主党。

罗斯福是第二次世界大战期间同盟国阵营的重要领导人之一。1941年珍珠港事件发生后，罗斯福力主对日本宣战，并引进了价格管制和配给。罗斯福以租借法案使美国转变为“民主国家的兵工厂”，使美国成为同盟国主要的军火供应商和融资者，也使得美国国内产业大幅扩张，实现充分就业，并为非裔和妇女制造了新的机会。二战后期同盟国逐渐扭转形势后，罗斯福对塑造战后世界秩序发挥了关键作用，其影响力在雅尔塔会议及联合国的成立中尤其明显。后来，在美国协助下，盟军击败德国、意大利和日本。

美国在线曾于2005年举办票选活动————《最伟大的美国人》，富兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福被选为美国最伟大的人物中的第十位。

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