Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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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.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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