Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTMen are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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 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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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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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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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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