Wise and prudent men -- intelligent conservatives -- have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing times.
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I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.
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They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers. . . call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order.
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I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight.
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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
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Happiness is not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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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 too little.
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No business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level--I mean the wages of decent living.
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The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
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Above all, try something.
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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.
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Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about reality.
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Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
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Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
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Every man has a right to life. That means that he also has a right to make a comfortable living.
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We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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