In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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What America needs now is a drink.
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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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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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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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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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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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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 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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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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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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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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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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