That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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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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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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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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