Since I am used to speaking in public, I know that it is useless. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. Franklin D. Roosevelt sacrificefightinglust Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt happyhappinessinspirational More striking still, it appeared that, if the process of concentration goes on at the same rate, at the end of another century we shall have all American industry controlled by a dozen corporations and run by perhaps a hundred men. Put plainly, we are steering a steady course toward economic oligarchy, if we are not there already. Franklin D. Roosevelt goes-onrunningmen "Appeasement" is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last. Franklin D. Roosevelt friendscutesweet The real safeguard of democracy is education. Franklin D. Roosevelt democracyreal Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. Franklin D. Roosevelt confidencepatriotichonesty Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith and reason in international affairs have given way to strident ambition and brute force. Franklin D. Roosevelt democracies-havedemocracyambition This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin D. Roosevelt endurebelieffirsts The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world. Franklin D. Roosevelt partymenpeace Nationwide thinking, nationwide planning and nationwide action are the three great essentials to prevent nationwide crises for future generations to struggle through. Franklin D. Roosevelt essentialsstrugglethinking Buying and selling securities on the Stock Exchange do not start new industries. Big business never starts anything new. It merely absorbs, consolidates and profits at the expense of others. Franklin D. Roosevelt sellingbigsbuying 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt media-controllandbook I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. Franklin D. Roosevelt armygood-luckmilitary My fellow Americans: Last night when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that the troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the channel in another and greater operation. It has come to pass with success thus far. And so, in this poignant hour, I ask you to join me in prayer: Franklin D. Roosevelt struggleprayerfall But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings. Franklin D. Roosevelt naturelawmen Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Franklin D. Roosevelt freedomstrugglemean Necessitous men are not free men. Franklin D. Roosevelt free-manmen To reach a port we must set sail Franklin D. Roosevelt portnauticalsailing I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them. Franklin D. Roosevelt libraryconvictiondemocracy We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering Franklin D. Roosevelt struggleclasswar
