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.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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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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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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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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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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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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We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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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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We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
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