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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Democracy Government Master Ourselves People Service
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Civilization Cultivation Live Peace Science Survive Togetherness World
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

People Right Vote Way Yourself
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Empty Failure Human Loud Stomach Unfortunate
The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Ancient Country Government Principle Race
The real safeguard of democracy is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Democracy Education Reality Safety
We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Bad Economics Interest Moral
The whole world is one neighborhood.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Neighbor Perspective Togetherness World
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Existence Freedom Independence Job People Security True
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. ROOSEVELT

Death Destruction Force Naked Possible Rule War
Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Clear Eyes Forest Government Pollution School
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Immigration Myself Remember Revolution Yourself
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Challenge Conscience Democracy Freedom Fundamental Success
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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Country Hate Man Occupation People President
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Choice Democracy Education Expression Safety Success
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Himself Poison Yourself