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.
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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Against 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.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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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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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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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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