The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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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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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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Go 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.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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