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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBe sincere; be brief; be seated.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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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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