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.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

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...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American...

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American...

Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives...

Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives...

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....

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

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...

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...

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

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

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

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

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

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the enjoyment of...

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the enjoyment of...

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...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

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...

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...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that...