Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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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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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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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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