There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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