I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.
Interpretation
This quote expresses Roosevelt's identity and values, emphasizing the importance of both faith and political affiliation.
In this quote, Franklin D. Roosevelt succinctly defines himself through his commitment to Christianity and democracy. By stating 'that's all,' he signifies that these core beliefs encompass his guiding principles and identity, suggesting that they inform his actions and decisions in both personal and political realms.
In practice
During a political rally, a speaker might use this quote to highlight the significance of faith in public service.
There has been one persistent theme through all Axis propaganda. This theme has been that Americans are admittedly rich, that Americans have considerable industrial power - but that Americans are soft and decadent, that they cannot and will not unite and work and fight. ... Let them tell that to the Marines!
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified in our eyes thereby.
Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie upon them wherever they go, and my hate shall pursue them to the ends of the world.
What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on the same page. I never could have come up with the notion of disruptive innovations, which went against a lot of conventional wisdom, if I hadn't been raised to always be asking questions.
Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
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