Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPresidents are selected, not elected.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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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 barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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If 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.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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