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.
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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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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