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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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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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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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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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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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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