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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIf you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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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.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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