Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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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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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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.
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