Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt Dealing with the State Department is like watching an elephant become pregnant. Franklin D. Roosevelt elephants government states Change is like fire- if uncontrolled, it will consume us. Franklin D. Roosevelt ifs fire I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Franklin D. Roosevelt world-war-2 deals people It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose. Franklin D. Roosevelt congress privilege president Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men. Franklin D. Roosevelt nature men hands I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship. Franklin D. Roosevelt oasis liberty people One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along. Franklin D. Roosevelt failure business action Your profits are going to be cut down to a reasonably low level by taxation. Your income will be subject to higher taxes. Indeed in these days, when every available dollar should go to the war effort, I do not think that any American citizen should have a net income in excess of $25,000 per year after payment of taxes. Franklin D. Roosevelt cutting war thinking The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. Franklin D. Roosevelt temples may civilization I have seen war ... I hate war. Franklin D. Roosevelt i-hate hate war Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples. Franklin D. Roosevelt land past art The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. Franklin D. Roosevelt united-states democracy government Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society. Franklin D. Roosevelt taxes-funny taxation pay I am accustomed to hearing malicious falsehoods about myself . . . But I think I have a right to resent, to object to libelous statements about my dog. Franklin D. Roosevelt hearing dog thinking Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion. Franklin D. Roosevelt uprising If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation. Franklin D. Roosevelt freedom book past Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time. Franklin D. Roosevelt wise men life Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive. Franklin D. Roosevelt fiber alive sports There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion. Franklin D. Roosevelt public-opinion groups america Those of you who have been there [Haiti] know it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It has everything. It has everything above the ground, and everything under the ground.... It is an amazing place. I strongly recommend that whenever you get a chance, if you haven't been there, that you go to Haiti. I think it was a certain Queen of England who said that after her death "Calais" would be found written on her heart. When I die, I think that "Haiti" is going to be written on my heart. Franklin D. Roosevelt queens beautiful country
