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. 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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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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 am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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