The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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