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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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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 school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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