The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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....

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

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.

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...

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

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

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept...

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

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

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of...

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends...

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends...

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't...

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

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...