Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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 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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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