What America needs now is a drink.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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 best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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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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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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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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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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