We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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