It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTGo 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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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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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The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.
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The presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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