“Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.”
Religion“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.”
Government“Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.”
Religion“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Fear“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.”
Government“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
Society“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.”
Freedom“War is a contagion.”
War“It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.”
Time“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.”
Hope“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.”
Good“Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.”
Future“The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.”
Great“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.”
Art“Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.”
Future“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.”
Great“Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.”
Men“Selfishness is the only real atheism aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.”
Religion“Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.”
Change“If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.”
Work“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.”
Freedom“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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