No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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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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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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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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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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