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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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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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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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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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