The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers...

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...

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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...

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people....

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people....

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...

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...

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...

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

War is a contagion.

War is a contagion.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a...

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...

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.

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...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

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...

Women naturally deceive, weep and spin.

Women naturally deceive, weep and spin.

The signals of the century, Proclaims the things that are to be - The rise...

The signals of the century, Proclaims the things that are to be - The rise...