A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWhen you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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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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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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