The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWhen you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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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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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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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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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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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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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