When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDo Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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.
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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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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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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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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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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.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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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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