No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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.

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...

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

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...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

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....

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.

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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

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

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

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...

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 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.

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

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

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.