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. ROOSEVELTRemember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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 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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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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