Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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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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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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. 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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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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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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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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