A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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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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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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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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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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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 country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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