No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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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The whole world is one neighborhood.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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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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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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