No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTHuman kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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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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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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