The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTCalm seas never made a good sailor.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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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.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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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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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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