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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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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 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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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