Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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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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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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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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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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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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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 government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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