The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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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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