Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAgainst 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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 presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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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 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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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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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