The real safeguard of democracy is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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