Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
Ralph Bellamy: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Quotes
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : [putting on his hat to wave at the photographers that he has eluded by boarding the train secretly] Do I look snappy?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : I have no intention of retiring to Hyde Park and rusticating.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : I have no personal complaints. I'm lucky. I had rich parents.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : I feel I've had to go through the fire for some reason. Eleanor, it's a hard way to learn humility, but I've had to learn it by crawling. I know what is meant "You must learn to crawl, before you can walk."
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : I often think of something Woodrow Wilson said to me. It is only once in a generation the people can be lifted above material things. That is why conservative government is in the saddle for two thirds of the time.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Caution, my friend, is the refuge of cowards.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Most of our blessings come in heavy disguises.
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Eleanor Roosevelt : Franklin, may I say a word?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Certainly, if you're going to agree with me.
Eleanor Roosevelt : Then I have nothing to say.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt : That is hardly a sign of wifely devotion.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : When you're forced to sit a lot, and watch others move about, you feel apart, lonely - because you can't get up and pace around.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Louis, why in hell must you keep pacing up and down?
Louis Howe : I'm nervous!
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : There is nothing so unattractive to a party as a defeated candidate.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Good morning to you, Mr. Howe. You're looking your usual dyspeptic self.
Louis Howe : None of your amiable chatter, please.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt : God has an infinite variety of tasks. I don't believe he's available as campaign manager.