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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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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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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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 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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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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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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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