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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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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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Real 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.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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