I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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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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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.
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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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