No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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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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