I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBe sincere; be brief; be seated.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Books 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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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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 real safeguard of democracy is education.
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