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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPeople acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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 have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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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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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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