We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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