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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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 principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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