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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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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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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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