All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe real safeguard of democracy is education.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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