In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTReal estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country… By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDo Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWhen you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIf you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTGovernment cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe 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. ROOSEVELTWe have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT