Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBooks 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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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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 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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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