Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPeople acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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 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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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