If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt And while I am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more assurance. I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars. Franklin D. Roosevelt motherwarfather Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. Franklin D. Roosevelt rocksgovernmenthistory Economic diseases are highly communicable. It follows therefore that the economic health of every country is a proper matter of concern to all its neighbors, near or distant. Franklin D. Roosevelt diseasemattercountry Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it. Franklin D. Roosevelt sacrificehumanitylong The hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor. Franklin D. Roosevelt warhandsworld I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight. Franklin D. Roosevelt fightinganswerslove Those (who) seek to establish systems of Government based on the regimentation of all Human Beings by a handful of individual rulers...call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order. Franklin D. Roosevelt libertygovernmentorder Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of close understanding and cooperation may be cultivated. Franklin D. Roosevelt effortfriendshiporder ...We now realize as we have never before our interdependence on each other; that we cannot merely take, but we must be willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline, no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective. Franklin D. Roosevelt progresssacrificediscipline We must be the great arsenal of Democracy. Franklin D. Roosevelt presidentialdemocracyhistory Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars. Franklin D. Roosevelt presidentialboyswar I fearthat both dictators [Hitler and Mussolini] think their present methods are succeeding because of the gains they have made in Albania, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Franklin D. Roosevelt yugoslaviawarthinking While things on the surface seem more quiet than at any time since last summer, I do not like the maintenance of what amounts to almost full mobilization in aggressor countries. Surely they cannot afford it and if they had any definite policy of trying to work out economic salvation (except by arms) they would be showing some signs of cutting military expenditures. Franklin D. Roosevelt militarysummercountry Our policy is to give all possible material aid to the nations that still resist aggression across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. And we make it abundantly clear that we intend to commit none of the fatal errors of appeasement. We have the thought that in this nation of many states we have found the way in which men of many racial origins may live together in peace. If the human race as a whole is to survive, the world must find a way by which men and nations may live together in peace. We cannot accept the doctrine that war must be forever a part of man's destiny. Franklin D. Roosevelt destinyoceanwar On this tenth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor.... In our unity, in our American unity we will pursue two obvious and simultaneous courses; we will extend to the opponents of force the material resources of this nation, and at the same time we will harness and speed up the use of those resources in order that we ourselves in the Americas may have equipment and training equal to the task of any emergency and every defense. Franklin D. Roosevelt warorderhands More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between Governments. The once powerful malignant Nazi state is crumbling; the Japanese warlords are receiving in their homelands the retribution for which they asked when they attacked Pearl Harbor. But the mere conquest of our enemies is not enough; we must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible. Franklin D. Roosevelt powerfulwarpeace The chief problem is, of course, whether the marching of the general spirit of things is heading consciously or sub- consciously toward an idea of extension of boundaries. Franklin D. Roosevelt spiritwarideas Industrial combination is not wrong in itself. The danger lies in taking government into partnership. Franklin D. Roosevelt partnershipgovernmentlying You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies. Franklin D. Roosevelt destinymilitarycivilization The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will. Franklin D. Roosevelt purposespirituallying
