Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTReal 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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 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.
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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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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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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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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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.
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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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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 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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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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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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