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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTCalm seas never made a good sailor.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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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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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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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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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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