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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Presidents are selected, not elected.
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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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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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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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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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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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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To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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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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What America needs now is a drink.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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