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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTCourage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
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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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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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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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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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We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
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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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