To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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.
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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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