We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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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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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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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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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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