It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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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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