Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTAgainst 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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 whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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