A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

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...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political...

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of...

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon...

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon...

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any...

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any...