I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists.
Interpretation
One can disagree with a political ideology while still valuing personal relationships with those who hold that belief.
This quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt highlights the importance of personal relationships that transcend political beliefs. It emphasizes that even though one may not agree with a certain ideology, such as communism, it does not justify the dismissal of individuals who may identify with that belief. It advocates for understanding and friendship despite differing opinions.
In practice
In a speech on unity, you might say, 'As Franklin D. Roosevelt once stated, I cherish my friendships across differing beliefs.'
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.
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
How unspeakably the lengthening of memories in common endears our old friends!
There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.
You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.
Food is the great connector, and laughs are the cement. If we go out to eat and have a nice meal, that's one thing. If we can share a laugh, now we're friends.
There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art: let them therefore be wise and virtuous, and none of those that follow thee for gain; but make election rather of thy betters, than thy inferiors.
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