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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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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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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.
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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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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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 real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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