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.
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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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