The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRemember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTRules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTHuman kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTHere is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe motto of war is: “Let the strong survive; let the weak die.” The motto of peace is: “Let the strong help the weak to survive.”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTMen are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTBe sincere; be brief; be seated.
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 loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWhen you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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. ROOSEVELTIn politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThere are as many opinions as there are experts.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTTrue individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT