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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNobody 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.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
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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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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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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 truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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