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.
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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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 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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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