The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTReal estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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 only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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