Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTHere is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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 Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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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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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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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