Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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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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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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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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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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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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