Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNever underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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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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