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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTA conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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