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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

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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.
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Clear Eyes Forest Government Pollution School
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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Abundance Enough Progress Share Test
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Himself Poison Yourself
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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Attack Design Justice Oppression Ourselves Remember
Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Beginning Charity Home Peace
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Alien Forget Government Ourselves Power
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Character Democracy Freedom Oneself Unity
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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Cruelty Freedom Human Kindness Nation People Soft Tough Weakness
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.
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Death Dedication Fire Freedom Kill Man People Weapon
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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Construction Country Oneself Society Try
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.
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Death Destruction Force Naked Possible Rule War
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Freedom Man Philosophy Pursue Truth
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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Country Hate Man Occupation People President
Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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Death Enjoyment Man Privilege Win
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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Absence Courage Fear Important
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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Control Enough Government Liberty Maintain Protection Strong
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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Beware Man Order Special Wings
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Build Forget Himself Palace
The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Democracy Education Reality Safety
The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Destroy Nation Patriotic
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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One Liner Short Sincere
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Bitter Maturity Myself Politics Thinking
It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Better Choice Eat Option Word
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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Country Fate Greatness Man Personality Principle
The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Best Customer Paid Work
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Failure Method Try
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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Estate Investment Lost Management Pay Reality Safety Steal World

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