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.
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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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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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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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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