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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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Death Enjoyment Man Privilege Win
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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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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Abundance Enough Progress Share Test
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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Absence Courage Fear Important
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 value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Ability Myself Pay Principle
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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One Liner Short Sincere
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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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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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Believe Death Deep Freedom Live Ourselves
The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Destroy Nation Patriotic
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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Achievement Creativity Effort Moon Possession Stardom
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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Business Existence Live Myself Pay
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Country Drink Need One Liner
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Build Forget Himself Palace
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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Immigration Myself Remember Revolution Yourself
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
The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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Necessary Principle Rule Sacred
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

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