Franklin D. RooseveltWe, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than … ▶372Death
Franklin D. RooseveltThere is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. … ▶372Humanity
Franklin D. RooseveltNo political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1940, Vo… ▶372PoliticsReading
Franklin D. RooseveltGovernment cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance … ▶372PoliticsReading
Franklin D. RooseveltThose newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of dictatorship by somebody else.373Time
Franklin D. RooseveltThese Republican leaders have not been content with attacks on me, on my wife, or on my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog, Fala. Well, of course, I d… ▶351Life
Franklin D. RooseveltAlmighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.373HumanityThought
Franklin D. RooseveltAbove all, try something ✨ Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)352Humanity
Franklin D. RooseveltMore than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between go… ▶352HumanityPolitics
Franklin D. RooseveltThe ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.363Thought
Franklin D. RooseveltGovernments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in diffe… ▶331DeathLovePolitics
Franklin D. RooseveltI see an America whose rivers and valleys and lakes hills and streams and plains the mountains over our land and nature's wealth deep under the earth are protected as the rightful… ▶331Humanity
Franklin D. RooseveltIn politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.364Politics
Franklin D. RooseveltThat is the spiral galaxy in Andromeda. It is as large as our Milky Way. It is one of a hundred million galaxies. It consists of one hundred billion suns. Now I think we are small… ▶331Thought
Franklin D. RooseveltWe may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle. ✨ George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferso… ▶376LovePolitics
Franklin D. RooseveltThey fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. ✨ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gramerc… ▶321Time
Franklin D. RooseveltThe future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.343HopePoliticsTime
Franklin D. RooseveltWe have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics. ✨ Second Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1937354Humor
Franklin D. RooseveltRemember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.343Humor
Franklin D. RooseveltThere is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country bel… ▶343HumanityLifePolitics
Franklin D. RooseveltOur security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will that directs them indomitable. ✨ Roosevelt, … ▶311PoliticsTime
Franklin D. RooseveltWe, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.311Death
Franklin D. RooseveltIf civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. 333HumanityPoliticsReading
Franklin D. RooseveltA conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.377Truth
Franklin D. RooseveltThe American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory. ✨ Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, delivered 8 December 1941, Washington, D.C.334Humanity
Franklin D. Roosevelt(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and across every ocean in the bigges… ▶334Time
Franklin D. RooseveltThe structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world.301Hope
Franklin D. RooseveltWe have nothing to fear but fear itself. ✨ Franklin D. Roosevelt (2010). Quotations of Franklin Delano Roosevelt367Death
Franklin D. RooseveltThe Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. ✨ Letter to all State Governors on a Uniform Soil Conservation Law, February 26, 1937.323Politics
Franklin D. RooseveltIt is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. ✨ Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932… ▶378Reflection