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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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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Bitter Maturity Myself Politics Thinking
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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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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Destiny General Government Help Insistence
No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Build Forget Himself Palace
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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Country Exception Flower People
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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Feeling Lonely Opinion Public Thinking World
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Character Democracy Freedom Oneself Unity
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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Beware Man Order Special Wings
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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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 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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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