In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo 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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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