Once you've spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. Franklin D. Roosevelt governmentwarpeace The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality. Franklin D. Roosevelt fategreatnessmen No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government. Franklin D. Roosevelt governmentrise-abovetrying No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. Franklin D. Roosevelt destinygovernmentclass No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order. Franklin D. Roosevelt unemploymentordercountry It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions. Franklin D. Roosevelt organized-laborunionsindependent The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson... Franklin D. Roosevelt world-governmentfreedomreal Tell that to the Marines! Franklin D. Roosevelt marine-corpsmarine Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. Franklin D. Roosevelt collaborationcompetitionteamwork It is time to provide a smashing answer for those cynical men who say that a democracy cannot be honest, cannot be efficient.... We have in the darkest moments of our national trials retained our faith in our own ability to master our own destiny. Franklin D. Roosevelt cynicaldestinymen I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war. Franklin D. Roosevelt motherrunningchildren Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march. Franklin D. Roosevelt staticmarchdemocracy This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. Franklin D. Roosevelt this-generationpresidentialdestiny We have nothing to fear but fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt changemotivationalinspirational People die, but books never die. Franklin D. Roosevelt censorshipbookpeople Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter. Franklin D. Roosevelt forgivenessnakedwar Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace. Franklin D. Roosevelt power-politicsimperfectionpeace The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed. Franklin D. Roosevelt presidentialattitudeschool Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of dictatorship by somebody else. Franklin D. Roosevelt newspapersdictatorshipfirsts The first theory is that if we make the rich richer, somehow they will let a part of their prosperity trickle down to the rest of us. The second theory was the theory that if we make the average of mankind comfortable and secure, their prosperity will rise upward through the ranks. Franklin D. Roosevelt prosperityaveragefirsts
