Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

"Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Lies quotes.

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

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Liberty quotes.

"Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"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

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

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"It is fun to be in the same decade with you."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Youth quotes.

"True 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. Roosevelt

"The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Conservatives quotes.

"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

"We, 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. Roosevelt in Freedom quotes.

"The only thing to fear is fear itself."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Confidence quotes.

"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

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

"We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction."
-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 in Americans quotes.

"No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Business quotes.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt in Progress quotes.

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt

"It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want."
-Franklin D. Roosevelt