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.
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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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