In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTGovernment cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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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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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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 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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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