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.
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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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 an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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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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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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