Quotes By Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that's all.

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.