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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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