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 government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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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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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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