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.
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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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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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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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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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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