Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes - page 13

The true conservative seeks to protect the system of private property and free enterprise by correcting such injustices and inequalities as arise from it. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Prophets of the downfall of American democracy have seen their dire predictions come to naught.
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The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way.
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Let me warn you, and let me warn the nation, against the smooth evasion that says: "Of course we believe these things.
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A long record has been written. In that record, both in this State and in the national capital, you will find a simple, clear and consistent adherence not only to the letter, but to the spirit of the American form of government.
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The fourth is freedom from fear.
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I should be far more concerned about the general attitude of a candidate toward present day problems and his own inward desire to get practical needs attended to in a practical way.
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I accuse the present Administration of being the greatest spending Administration in peacetime in all American history.
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Desperate in mood, angry at failure, cunning in purpose, individuals and groups are seeking to make Communism an issue in an election where Communism is not a controversy between the two major parties.
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There can be no stability or peace either within nations or between nations except under laws and moral standards adhered to by all. International anarchy destroys every foundation for peace. It jeopardizes either the immediate or the future security of every nation, large or small.
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We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately - but we still shall strive. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
The smaller corporations should not carry burdens beyond their powers; the vast concentrations of capital should be ready to carry burdens commensurate with their powers and their advantages.
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Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, who has been turning his employees over to the Government relief rolls in order to preserve his company's undistributed reserves, tell you – using his stockholders' money to pay the postage for his personal opinions - tell you that a wage of $11.00 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry.
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We have, however, a clear mandate from the people, that Americans must forswear that conception of the acquisition of wealth which, through excessive profits, creates undue private power over private affairs and, to our misfortune, over public affairs as well.
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The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fibre. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit.
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In nine cases out of ten the speaker or writer who, seeking to influence public opinion, descends from calm argument to unfair blows hurts himself more than his opponent.
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It is a plan to abolish all existing religions - Catholic, Protestant, Mohammedan, Hindu, Buddhist, and Jewish alike.
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The hours men and women worked, the wages they received, the conditions of their labor - these had passed beyond the control of the people, and were imposed by this new industrial dictatorship.
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Without question it starts us toward a better standard of living and increases purchasing power to buy the products of farm and factory.
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This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.
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We do not retreat. We are not content to stand still. As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live.
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We Americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. It is a test of our courage - of our resolve - of our wisdom - our essential democracy.
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We find our population suffering from old inequalities, little changed by vast sporadic remedies.
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We not only earnestly desire peace, but we are moved by a stern determination to avoid those perils that will endanger our peace with the world.
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