Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAn 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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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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