Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes - page 10

That, in its essence, is Fascism - ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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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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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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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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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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
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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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No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
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I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.
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Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
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Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.
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No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.
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We think of our land and water and human resources not as static and sterile possessions but as life giving assets to be directed by wise provisions for future days.
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Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent.
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People die, but books never die.
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Forests are the lungs of our land.
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I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.
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In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident.
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I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same time it seeks to remove such obstruction, such unfairness as springs from selfish human motives.
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Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march.
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I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.
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To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.
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