The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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