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.
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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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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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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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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.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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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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