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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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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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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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