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.
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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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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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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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