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

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

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

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...

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

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....

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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

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

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

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....

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor...

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor...

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But...

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But...

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...

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,...

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...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!

Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin