In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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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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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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