Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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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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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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