The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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