Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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The 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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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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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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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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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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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