Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTDemocracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIf you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRemember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe real safeguard of democracy is education.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTGo for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIn our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe presidency is not merely an administrative office. It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTNo democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBooks can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT