The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by…

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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

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

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

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

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...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

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....

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

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...

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

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...

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or...

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or...

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.

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 many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

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.

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.