Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe real safeguard of democracy is education.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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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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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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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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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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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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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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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