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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThere 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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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.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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