Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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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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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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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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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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.
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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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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