Peace, like charity, begins at home.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThose who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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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.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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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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