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.
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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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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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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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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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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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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Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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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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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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The motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
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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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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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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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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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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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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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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The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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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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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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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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