Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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