I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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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 have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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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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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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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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