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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPresidents are selected, not elected.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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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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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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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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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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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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