Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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