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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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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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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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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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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 may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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