Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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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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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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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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