Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDo Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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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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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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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.
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