Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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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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Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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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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Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
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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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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 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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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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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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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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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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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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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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