People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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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 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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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