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.
Franklin D. RooseveltRead
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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 little.
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
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