Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [461-480] of 593 America quotesAmerica QuotesAmerica Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes The saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities -- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew Jackson as the last truly honorable and incorruptible American president.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happened, you can bet it was planned that way.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.~ Theodore Roosevelt The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.~ Theodore Roosevelt There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.~ Theodore Roosevelt To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.~ Theodore Roosevelt All privileges based on wealth, and all emnity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American.~ Theodore Roosevelt The Americans of 1776 were among the first men in modern society to defend rather than to seek an open society and constitutional liberty.... Perhaps the most remarkable characteristic of this political theory sits in its deep-seated conservatism. However radical the principles of the Revolution may have seemed to the rest of the world, in the minds of the colonists they were thoroughly preservative and respectful of the past.~ Clinton Lawrence Rossiter III Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws.~ Mayer Amschel Rothschild I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau The blame for [the national debt] lies with the Congress and the President, with Democrats and Republicans alike, most all of whom have been unwilling to make the hard choices or to explain to the American people that there is no such thing as a free lunch.~ Warren Rudman Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.~ Dr. Benjamin Rush Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights~ Dr. Benjamin Rush I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is Mass Psychology. ...It's importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda ...Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated.~ Bertrand Russell I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.~ Willy Russell It is in the American interest to put an end to Nationhood. That is the goal in global government. America must get out of the United Nations or our sovereign Republic will not survive.~ Walt Rustow If newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide something should or should not be broadcast because of Washington or Main Street consequences, we have dishonored ourselves and we have lost the First Amendment by default.~ Richard Salant Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.~ Richard Salant Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print