The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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 have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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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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