No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBe sincere; be brief; be seated.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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 must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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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.
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