No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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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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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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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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