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.”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAn election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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