Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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