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" I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments. "
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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" Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples. "
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" The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart. "
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" The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. "
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" We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. "
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" Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. "
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" One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along. "
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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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" Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. "
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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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" Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something. "
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" This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. "
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" Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. "
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" Be sincere; be brief; be seated. "
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" It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. "
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" To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift. "
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" Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. "
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" I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. "
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Judge
Judge Me
Me
" The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. "
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" We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings. "
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" I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. "
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" War is a contagion. "
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War
Contagion
" Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. "
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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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself. "
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" It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present. "
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Long Time
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" There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. "
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" The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. "
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" Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. "
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Live
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" 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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" Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged. "
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