To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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 politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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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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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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 our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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