Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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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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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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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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