"In my Inaugural I laid down the simple……" — Franklin D. Roosevelt
"In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By 'business' I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living."
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383 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.
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We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
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We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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