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.
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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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