We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTTrue 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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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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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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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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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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