A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBe sincere; be brief; be seated.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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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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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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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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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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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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