Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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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.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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