There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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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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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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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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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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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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 have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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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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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 school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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