The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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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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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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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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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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