The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
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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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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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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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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
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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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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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