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. ROOSEVELTPresidents are selected, not elected.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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What America needs now is a drink.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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