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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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 truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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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