If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial...

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,...

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,...

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...

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, 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...

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

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...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us...

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us...

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

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept...

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept...

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

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

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

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,...

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge.

People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge.