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The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
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Choice Democracy Education Expression Safety Success
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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Beware Man Order Special Wings
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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Alien Country Democracy Forget Government Power Rule Vote
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
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Empty Failure Human Loud Stomach Unfortunate
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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Fate Man Mindset Prison
That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
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Control Essence Government Power Privacy
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Character Democracy Freedom Oneself Unity
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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Ability Equality Existence Opportunity Willing
To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
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Expectation Generation Material Wealth
People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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Accomplishment Act Alone Hope People Togetherness
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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Feeling Lonely Opinion Public Thinking World
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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Believe Death Deep Freedom Live Ourselves
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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Death Peace Strong Survive War Weakness
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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Necessary Principle Rule Sacred
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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Country Different Direction Election Goal Name Principle
Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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Beginning Charity Home Peace

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