Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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.
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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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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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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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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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