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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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