Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
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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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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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Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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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 presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
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There are as many opinions as there are experts.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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