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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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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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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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