Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Be sincere; be brief; be seated.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It 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. Roosevelt

“It 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. Roosevelt

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt

“We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

“First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933

“It is fun to be in the same decade with you.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter to Winston Churchill

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, message for Jefferson Day, April 13, 1945

“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939

“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977

“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, Oct. 26, 1939

“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, radio address, October 26, 1939

“The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech in Syracuse, NY Sep. 29, 1936

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech, September 22, 1936

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