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 motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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