Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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 real safeguard of democracy is education.
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