The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPeace, like charity, begins at home.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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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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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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 loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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