The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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 truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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