We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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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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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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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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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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