Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDemocracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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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 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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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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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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