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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Undelivered address for Jefferson Day, 13 Apr. 1945, final lines, in Public Papers (1950) vol. 13, p. 616

In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government, People, Hypocrisy
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1941, Volume 10”, p.40, Best Books on

That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government, Essence, Monopoly Power
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States".

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Life, Perseverance, Teaching

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strength, Crush, Peace
Radio talk, 11 Sept. 1941

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inspirational, Motivational, Success
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1939, Volume 8”, p.242, Best Books on

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Children, Educational, Future

No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rights, Long, Democracy
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.401, Best Books on

Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lying, Order, Differences

We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Civilization, Justice, Diversity
Greeting to the American Committee for Protection of Foreign-born, January 9, 1940.

Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential, Freedom Of Speech, Democracy

We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Government, Dangerous, Organized
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.568, Best Books on

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Strength, Peace, Strong
Franklin D. Roosevelt (2008). “Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944”, Red & Black Pub

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom, Believe, Feet

The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moral Leadership, Office, Administrative

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Communication, Patriotic, Political
"asic Public Speaking". Book by Paul L. Soper, p. 12, 1963.

If 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.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Relationship, Peace, Money
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Volume 13”, p.615, Best Books on

The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Unions, Working Conditions, Labor Union
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.504, Best Books on

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mother, Running, Children
Speech at Chautauqua, NY, 14 Aug. 1936, in Public Papers (1936) vol. 5, p. 289

The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Country, Heart, Race

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Remember You, Remembers You, Play

The real safeguard of democracy is education.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Real, Democracy
"Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7".

These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
America, Liberty, Complaining
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1936.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hope, Recovery, Carpe Diem

We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mistake, Heart, Principles
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