We believe that it is entirely possible to combine equality of rights and at least an approximate equality in the opportunity to achieve material well-being, with the opportunity for the highest kind of individual distinction.
Roosevelt believes it is possible to balance equal rights with opportunities for individual success.
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The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride, he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own.
France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.
The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.
Practical equality of opportunity for all citizens, when we achieve it, will have two great results.
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