We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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