Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTCalm seas never made a good sailor.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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Government 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.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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