Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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 presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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