No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTI am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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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 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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