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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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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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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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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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