We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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