Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and across every ocean in the biggest, the most difficult and dangerous job ever undertaken. As time goes on, there will be greater public understanding of our merchant's fleet record during this war. Franklin D. Roosevelt ocean jobs war The fundamental idea...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. Franklin D. Roosevelt country people ideas The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America. Franklin D. Roosevelt welfare-programs moral-fiber spiritual The only thing we have to fear is a giant wheelchair-crushing squid. Well... uh... actually, I guess that's the only thing I have to fear. Franklin D. Roosevelt squids crush giants I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again. Franklin D. Roosevelt constitution united-states past There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks is native. It is, in brief, that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us. The parks stand as the outward symbal of the great human principle. Franklin D. Roosevelt country people ideas All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River Franklin D. Roosevelt hudson-river home rivers 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. Franklin D. Roosevelt heart depression years We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there been six years of such far flung internal preparedness in all of history. And this has been done without any dictator's power to command, without conscription of labor or confiscation of capital, without concentration camps and without a scratch on freedom of speech, freedom of the press or the rest of the Bill of Rights. Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom-of-speech rights years The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Franklin D. Roosevelt poverty pyramids men [The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity Franklin D. Roosevelt religious god bible So many figures are quoted to prove so many things. Sometimes it depends on what paper you read or what broadcast you listen in on. Franklin D. Roosevelt figures paper sometimes The lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which, by precept and example, must be inculcated in the hearts and minds of all Americans if the institutions of our democracy are to be maintained and perpetuated. We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified recognition to freedom of religious worship and freedom of education. Franklin D. Roosevelt religious heart men If you have spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your big toe, everything else seems easy. Franklin D. Roosevelt trying two years We must open our eyes and see that modern civilization has become so complex and the lives of civilized men so interwoven with thelives of other men in other countries as to make it impossible to be in this world and out of it. Franklin D. Roosevelt eye men country 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 patriotic fear history No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today -- social, political, or economic -- that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount. Franklin D. Roosevelt political land blessing The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. Franklin D. Roosevelt quality humor two Great power involves great responsibility Franklin D. Roosevelt power-and-responsibility great-power responsibility Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment. Franklin D. Roosevelt medicine change philosophy
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