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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDo Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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, 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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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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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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