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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Fear Philosophy
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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Democracy Liberty Live Party Support
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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What America needs now is a drink.
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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Accident Planning Politics Way
People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Accomplishment Act Alone Hope People Togetherness
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Better Choice Eat Option Word
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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Alien Country Democracy Forget Government Power Rule Vote
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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Believe Death Deep Freedom Live Ourselves
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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One Liner Short Sincere
The whole world is one neighborhood.
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Neighbor Perspective Togetherness World
The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Best Customer Paid Work
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 only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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Control Enough Government Liberty Maintain Protection Strong
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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People Right Vote Way Yourself
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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Choice Day Difficult Love Man Ourselves Path
In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Democracy Government Master Ourselves People Service
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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Business Existence Live Myself Pay
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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Abundance Enough Progress Share Test
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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Empty Failure Human Loud Stomach Unfortunate
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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