Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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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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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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