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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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