There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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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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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 am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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