Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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 too little.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.
No man can tame a tiger by stroking it.
Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere.
I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.
I have seen war... and I hate it.
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
