Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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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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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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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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