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.
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.”
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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