The whole world is one neighborhood.
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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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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 school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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