We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIf 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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Let 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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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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