No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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