The real safeguard of democracy is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNobody 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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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 business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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Government 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.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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