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.
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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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.
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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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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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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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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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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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