Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes about Destiny

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No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Destiny, Government, Class

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Destiny, Presidential, This Generation

Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Lying, Dark, Destiny

Franklin D. Roosevelt (2009). “Looking Forward”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient.... We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our own destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Destiny, Men, Cynical

Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Destiny, Men, Fellow Man

Franklin D. Roosevelt (2009). “Looking Forward”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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

Our policy is to give all possible material aid to the nations that still resist aggression across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. And we make it abundantly clear that we intend to commit none of the fatal errors of appeasement. We have the thought that in this nation of many states we have found the way in which men of many racial origins may live together in peace. If the human race as a whole is to survive, the world must find a way by which men and nations may live together in peace. We cannot accept the doctrine that war must be forever a part of man's destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

War, Ocean, Destiny

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Destiny, Events, This Generation

Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

Once I prophesied that this generation of Americans had a rendezvous with destiny. That prophecy now comes true. To us much is given; more is expected. This generation will nobly save or mainly lose the last best hope of earth. The way is plain, peaceful, generous just. A way, which if followed, the world will forever applaud, and God must forever bless.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Destiny, Forever, Peaceful