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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDemocracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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