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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTGovernment 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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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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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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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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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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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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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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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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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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