When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTGo 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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 common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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 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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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