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. ROOSEVELTNo democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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