Inquisitiveness is the most useful talent. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected. Franklin D. Roosevelt rendezvous this-generation generations The presidency is not merely an administrative office...It is pre-eminently a place of moral leadership. Franklin D. Roosevelt administrative moral-leadership office Above all, try something Franklin D. Roosevelt hope motivational life We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle. Franklin D. Roosevelt principles mistake heart I see an America whose rivers and valleys and lakes hills and streams and plains the mountains over our land and nature's wealth deep under the earth are protected as the rightful heritage of all the people. Franklin D. Roosevelt land lakes memorable The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty. Franklin D. Roosevelt citizens government caring Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred! Franklin D. Roosevelt welcome hate hatred Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it. Franklin D. Roosevelt air-power aviation europe Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt common-sense real world The handling of our forests as a continuous, renewable resource means permanent employment and stability to our country life. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the slopes, retaining the moisture in the ground, and controlling the equable flow of water in our streams. Franklin D. Roosevelt water mean country Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. Franklin D. Roosevelt democracies-have voters government Of course we believe these things. We believe in social security. We believe in work for the unemployed. We believe in saving homes. Cross our hearts and hope to die! We believe in all these things. But we do not like the way that the present administration is doing them. Just turn them over to us. We will do all of them, we will do more of them, we will do them better and, most important of all, the doing of them will not cost anybody anything! Franklin D. Roosevelt home heart believe We have faith that future generations will know here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite, and produce, and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance, and intolerance, and slavery, and war. Franklin D. Roosevelt fighting ignorance war Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. Franklin D. Roosevelt success motivational inspirational Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. Franklin D. Roosevelt destiny dark lying I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. Franklin D. Roosevelt bats expectations Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society. Franklin D. Roosevelt concentration-of-wealth independent people If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. Franklin D. Roosevelt organized-labor unions work Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference. Franklin D. Roosevelt carpe-diem ice government In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike. Franklin D. Roosevelt mob-rule flags democracy
