Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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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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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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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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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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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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 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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