In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather...

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather...

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well...

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all...

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...