When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIf you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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 presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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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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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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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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