The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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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.
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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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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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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.
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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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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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