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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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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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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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