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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To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

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...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

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...

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...

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

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.

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.