The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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