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We must open our eyes and see that modern civilization has become so complex and the lives of civilized men so interwoven with thelives of other men in other countries as to make it impossible to be in this world and

We must open our eyes and see that modern civilization has become so complex and the lives of civilized men so interwoven with thelives of other men in other countries as to make it impossible to be in this world and out of it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country, Eye, Men

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom, Struggle, Mean
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Life, Self Esteem, Men
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government, Democracy, United States
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.570, Best Books on

The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which, by precept and example, must be inculcated in the hearts and minds of all Americans if the institutions of our democracy are to be maintained and perpetuated. We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Religious, Heart, Men

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom, Men, Self
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.418, Best Books on

There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend not their homes alone but the tenets of faith and humanity on which their churches, their governments and their very foundations are set. The defense of religion, of democracy and of good faith among nations is all the same fight. To save one, we must now make up our minds to save all.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home, Fighting, Men

The liberal party is a party which believes that, as new conditions an problems arise beyond the power of men and women to meet as individuals, it becomes the duty of the government itself to find new remedies with which to meet them.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party, Believe, Men
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.29, Best Books on

Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Determination, Men, Average
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

Our handicaps exist only in our minds.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strength, Mind, Handicaps

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wise, Lying, Government

To a great extent the achievements of invention, of mechanical and of artistic creation, must of necessity, and rightly, be individual rather than governmental. It is the self-reliant pioneer in every enterprise who beats the path along which American civilization has marched. Such individual effort is the glory of America.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self, Individual Effort, Civilization
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address at San Diego Exposition in San Diego, California, October 2, 1935.

All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Home, Rivers, Hudson River
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Volume 13”, p.198, Best Books on

Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the Administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cutting, Government, Agreement
Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign address to the Republican-for-Roosevelt League in New York City (November 3, 1932), as quoted in "The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1928-1932" (p. 857), 1938.

A great man left a watchword that we can well repeat: "There is no indispensable man"

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men, Speech, Indispensable
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6”, p.860, Best Books on

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations far away. We have learned that we must live as men, not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dog, Peace, Men
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fun, Decades
60th birthday, in W. S. Churchill Hinge of Fate (1950) ch. 4

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Firsts, Belief, Endure
First Inaugural Address, Delivered 4 March 1933

(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 biggest, the most difficult and dangerous job ever undertaken. As time goes on, there will be greater public understanding of our merchant's fleet record during this war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jobs, War, Ocean

Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lobbyists, Lobbying, Pressure

The True conservative seeks to protect the system of private property and free enterprise by correcting such injustices and inequalities as arise from it. The most serious threat to our institutions comes from those who refuse to face the need for change. Liberalism becomes the protection for the far-sighted conservative.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Needs, Faces, Serious
Campaign address, Syracuse, N.Y., 29 Sept. 1936

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nature, Men, Law
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

There 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 belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country, Ideas, People
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1934, Volume 3”, p.359, Best Books on

We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Sacrifice, Democracy
The Great Arsenal of Democracy, delivered 29 December 1940

The traditional Jeffersonian principle of religious freedom was so broadly democratic that it included the right to have no religion at all - it gave to the individual the right to worship any God he chose or no god.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Religious, Church, Principles