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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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 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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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