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

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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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...

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....

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...

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American...

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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.

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...

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

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...

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.

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...

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...

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

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...

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

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

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

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

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...