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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDemocracy 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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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.
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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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 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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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