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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTI am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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