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.”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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, 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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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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