Authors:

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes - Page 15

All Quotes 4th Of July Achievement Ambition Art Belief Business Censorship Change Children Church Common Sense Constitution Country Democracy Desire Destiny Determination Dictatorship Diversity Doubt Education Effort Equality Fear Feelings Fighting Foreign Policy Freedom Freedom Of Speech Future Giving Hate Hatred Heart History Home Humanity Inspiration Inspirational Judgement Justice Leadership Liberty Life Literature Love Lying Military Money Motivational Nature Office Opportunity Past Peace Philosophy Politics Poverty Power Pride Progress Prosperity Purpose Reading Running Sacrifice Sailing School Son Strength Struggle Success Taxes Teaching Today Understanding Unity Victory Vision War Water Wealth Wife Winning Wisdom World War 2 Youth
The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.

The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Communication, Ideas, Mind

Happiness is not merely money, which is fun for effort and achievement

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fun, Achievement, Effort

It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bridges, Common Sense, Common
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.495, Best Books on

The frontier of America is on the Rhine.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
America, Frontiers
"The United States in World Affairs" by Whitney H. Shepardson, p. 104, 1940.

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Military, Destiny, Civilization
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.564, Best Books on

When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country, Broken, Danger
1939 Radio broadcast, 3 Sep.

The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Defense, Institutions, Core

To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Majority, Citizens, Adequate

I love it--I just love it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winning, People, Victory
Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, delivered 8 December 1941, Washington, D.C.

Books cannot be killed by fire.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Book, Fire
"Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Orleans, Europe, Leaving

Private enterprise is ceasing to be free enterprise.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Enterprise, Free Enterprise, Private Enterprise
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.308, Best Books on

The first twelve years are the hardest.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government, Years, Twelve

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rocks, Government, History
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1933, Volume 2”, p.50, Best Books on

Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Men, Democracy, World War 2
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spiritual, Lying, Purpose
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.232, Best Books on

It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Management, Collective Bargaining, Personnel

Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Useless, Used, Knows

Preparation for defense is an inalienable prerogative of a sovereign state.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preparation, Defense, Sovereign
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1943). “Development of United States Foreign Policy: Addresses and Messages of Franklin D. Roosevelt Compiled from Official Sources, Intended to Present the Chronological Development of the Foreign Policy of the United States from the Announcement of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1933, Including the War Declarations”

The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public--on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Intelligent, Support, Use
First Fireside Chat, delivered 12 March 1933, Washington D.C.

They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes and welded the tanks. Riveted the ships and rolled the shells.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Military, War, Son
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1942, Volume 11”, p.355, Best Books on

I fearthat both dictators [Hitler and Mussolini] think their present methods are succeeding because of the gains they have made in Albania, Hungary and Yugoslavia.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
War, Thinking, Yugoslavia

People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Memories, Book, Reading
"Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any other. The general raising of the standards of modern civilization among all groups of people during the past half ce

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thinking, Past, Civilization