The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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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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