It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTPhysical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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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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Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
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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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Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
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Calm seas never made a good sailor.
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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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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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In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
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Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
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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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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
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The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
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