True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living. Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt More Quotes From Franklin D. Roosevelt The frontier of America is on the Rhine. Franklin D. Roosevelt frontiers america For every advance that the Japanese have made since they started their frenzied career of conquest, they have had to pay a very heavy toll in warships, in transports, in planes, and in men. They are feeling the effects of those losses. Franklin D. Roosevelt careers loss men General de Gaulle was a thoroughly bad boy. The day he arrived, he thought he was Joan of Arc and the following day he insisted that he was Georges Clemenceau. Franklin D. Roosevelt bad-boy arrogance boys We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays. Franklin D. Roosevelt self running long It is the habit of the unthinking to turn to the illusions of economic magic. These unhappy times call for the building of plans that put their faith once more in the forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid Franklin D. Roosevelt magic pyramids men Private enterprise is ceasing to be free enterprise. Private enterprise, indeed, became too private. It became privileged enterprise, not free enterprise. Franklin D. Roosevelt private-enterprise free-enterprise enterprise Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives. Franklin D. Roosevelt support wisdom tree I am ... willing to make it clear that American foreign policy must uphold the sanctity of international treaties. That is the cornerstone on which all relations between nations must rest. Franklin D. Roosevelt sanctity foreign-policy relation The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory. Franklin D. Roosevelt victory winning people The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. Franklin D. Roosevelt republic self forever A program whose basic thesis is, not that the system of free enterprise for profit has failed in this generation, but that it has not yet been tried! Franklin D. Roosevelt this-generation generations wisdom Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and cheaper transportation; for low interest rates; for sounder home financing; for better banking; for the regulation of security issues; for reciprocal trade among nations and for the wiping out of slums. And my friends, for all of these we have only begun to fight. Franklin D. Roosevelt government fighting home And yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered, because they believed and were not afraid, we have still much to be thankful for. Nature still offers her bounty and human efforts have multiplied it. Plenty is at our doorstep, but a generous use of it languishes in the very sight of the supply. Franklin D. Roosevelt being-thankful effort sight The ultimate victory of tomorrow is democracy, and through democracy with education, for no people in all the world can be kept eternally ignorant or eternally enslaved. Franklin D. Roosevelt carpe-diem education people The trade agreement which I had the privilege of signing with your Prime Minister last autumn is tangible evidence of the desire of the people of both countries to practice what they preach when they speak of the good neighbor. In the solution of the grave problems that face the world today, frank dealing, cooperation and a spirit of give and take between nations is more important than ever before. Franklin D. Roosevelt autumn agreement country Is the United States going to decide, are the people of this country going to decide that their Federal Government shall in the future have no right under any implied power or any court-approved power to enter into a solution of a national economic problem, but that that national economic problem must be decided only by the States?... We thought we were solving it, and now it has been thrown right straight in our faces. We have been relegated to the horse-and-buggy definition of interstate commerce. Franklin D. Roosevelt horse government country Coming to grips with the reality that our planet is not the only one harboring intelligent life the universe. Franklin D. Roosevelt planets intelligent reality All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation. Franklin D. Roosevelt impressed nations greek These Republican leaders have not been content with attacks on me, on my wife, or on my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog, Fala. Well, of course, I don't resent attacks... but Fala does resent them. Franklin D. Roosevelt wife dog son As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God. Franklin D. Roosevelt our-country gods-will country
