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 most difficult place in the world to get a clear and open perspective of the country as a whole is Washington. Franklin D. Roosevelt perspective country world As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. Throughout the centuries, men of many faiths and diverse origins have found in the Sacred Book words of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration. It is a fountain of strength...an aid in attaining the highest aspiration of the human soul. Franklin D. Roosevelt inspiration reading book Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows. Franklin D. Roosevelt practice self men There's nothing to fear but a wide receiver who can run a 100-yard dash in under 10 seconds. Franklin D. Roosevelt wide-receiver yards running Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. Franklin D. Roosevelt inspirational-life military war [D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war. Franklin D. Roosevelt population ends war It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed--and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn's election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to pay. It is, however, worth paying, if all of us can avoid the type of government under which the unfortunate population of Germany and Russia must exist. Franklin D. Roosevelt autumn russia thinking What I seek is the highest possible batting average. Franklin D. Roosevelt batting highest average Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world should have learned. Franklin D. Roosevelt victory-and-defeat should-have war Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. Franklin D. Roosevelt fiber relief spiritual When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt party war country The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security. Franklin D. Roosevelt agreement lying america We are going to tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect. Franklin D. Roosevelt taxes libertarian liberty Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free. Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom self men I've never been unemployed. I've never been very fully employed either. Franklin D. Roosevelt employed unemployed Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God. Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom-of-speech use men The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. Franklin D. Roosevelt order country history We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt court constitution politics The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt government people world I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments. Franklin D. Roosevelt government believe country