No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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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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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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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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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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