The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBe sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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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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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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