Memorable Quotes and quotations from Franklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt 32nd president of US (1882 - 1945)Franklin D. Roosevelt - - Be sincere; be brief; be seated. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. 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 a letter to Winston Churchill - It is fun to be in the same decade with you. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Fourth Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1945 - 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 - quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977 - When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk. Franklin D. Roosevelt - radio address, Oct. 26, 1939 - A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt - message for Jefferson Day, April 13, 1945 - The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. 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 - First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933 - 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 - - 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 - - Be sincere; be brief; be seated. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - 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 - Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941 - 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 - radio address, October 26, 1939 - Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. 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 future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - Be sincere; be brief; be seated. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Speech in Syracuse, NY Sep. 29, 1936 - The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939 - Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - Those who have long enjoyed such privleges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - The only thing to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt - First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933 - 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 - - More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Speech, September 22, 1936 - In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. Franklin D. Roosevelt - - As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God. |
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