The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTCalm seas never made a good sailor.
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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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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 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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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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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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