In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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