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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRepetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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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 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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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 only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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