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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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. ROOSEVELT

Choice Day Difficult Love Man Ourselves Path
Presidents are selected, not elected.
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Election Politics President Selection
We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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Bad Economics Interest Moral
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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Barrier Doubt Existence Purity Simplicity Success
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Business Inspirational Way Work
Calm seas never made a good sailor.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Calm Hard Time Inspirational Sea
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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Cruelty Freedom Human Kindness Nation People Soft Tough Weakness
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Failure Method Try
To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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Expectation Generation Material Wealth
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Business Existence Live Myself Pay
People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Accomplishment Act Alone Hope People Togetherness
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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Abundance Enough Progress Share Test
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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Death Destruction Force Naked Possible Rule War
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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Death Peace Strong Survive War Weakness
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Conservation Goodness Legs Perfection Walk
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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Choice Democracy Education Expression Safety Success