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.
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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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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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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