The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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 test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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 Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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