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.
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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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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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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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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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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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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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