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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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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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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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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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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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