Employers and employees alike have learned that in union there is strength. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men. Franklin D. Roosevelt education heart book I read in a newspaper that I was to be received with all the honors customarily rendered to a foreign ruler. I am grateful for the honors; but something within me rebelled at that word 'foreign'. I say this because when I have been in Canada, I have never heard a Canadian refer to an American as a 'foreigner'. He is just an 'American'. And, in the same way, in the United States, Canadians are not 'foreigners', they are 'Canadians'. That simple little distinction illustrates to me better than anything else the relationship between our two countries. Franklin D. Roosevelt grateful simple country They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people. Franklin D. Roosevelt government power hands All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger. Franklin D. Roosevelt plans private-life danger The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. Franklin D. Roosevelt aspiration phases democratic I think that both here and in England there are two schools of thought--those who would be altruistic in regard to the Germans, hoping that by loving kindness to make them Christian again--and those who would adopt a much tougher attitude. Most decidedly I belong to the latter school, for though I am not blood-thirsty, I want the Germans to know that this time at least they have definitely lost the war. Franklin D. Roosevelt christian kindness attitude I believe that we are going to get along very well with him [Josef Stalin] and the Russian people - very well indeed. Franklin D. Roosevelt war believe people I have a terrific headache. Franklin D. Roosevelt headache last-words dying If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived. Most important of all, the will for peace on the part of peace-loving nations must express itself to the end that nations that may be tempted to violate their agreements and the rights of others will desist from such a cause. There must be positive endeavors to preserve peace. America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt hate war peace Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. Franklin D. Roosevelt essentials simple loss Our handicaps exist only in our minds. Franklin D. Roosevelt handicaps strength mind The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase. Franklin D. Roosevelt government wise lying To win this war, we have been forced into a strategic compromise which will most certainly offend the Russians. Franklin D. Roosevelt compromise winning war A serf-supporting and self-respecting democracy can plead no justification for the existence of child labor, no economic reason for chiseling workers' wages or stretching workers' hours. Franklin D. Roosevelt democracy self children We have nothing to fear but missing our massage appointment time Franklin D. Roosevelt massage appointments missing It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present. Franklin D. Roosevelt long-time long past In the final analysis, the progress of our civilization will be retarded if any large body of citizens falls behind. Without the help of thousands of others, any one of us would die, naked and starved. Franklin D. Roosevelt progress civilization fall We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny of every kind. Franklin D. Roosevelt fighting men book It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us. Franklin D. Roosevelt president justice giving Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. Franklin D. Roosevelt three men years
