We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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Nobody 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.
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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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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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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country.
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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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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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