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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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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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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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