We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRemember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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