The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWhat America needs now is a drink.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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