I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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 known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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Let 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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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 whole world is one neighborhood.
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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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