The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWhen you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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 principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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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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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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