The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

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

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

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...

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...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

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...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a...

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

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.

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student...

I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student...