The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willin…

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5, p.470, Best Books on
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We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom. ✨ The Four Freedoms, delivered 6 January, 1941 (photo of FDR in 1936)
As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. ✨ The Four Freedoms, delivered 6 January, 1941 (photo of FDR in 1936)
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). Public Papers of the … ▶
We, 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 live on our knees.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. ✨ Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5, p.470, Best Books on

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