I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThere are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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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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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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