It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIt is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics.
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. ROOSEVELTThat, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTThe Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTWe must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
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. ROOSEVELTIn politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
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. 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 now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.
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. 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. ROOSEVELTWe, 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. ROOSEVELTDo Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTIf 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