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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTA conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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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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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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