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 Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency. Franklin D. Roosevelt two order people Any Government, like any family, can for a year spend a little more than it earns. But you and I know that a continuation of that habit means the poorhouse. Franklin D. Roosevelt government mean years If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for a year or two, it can usually borrow temporarily at reasonable rates. But if, like a spendthrift, it throws discretion to the winds, and is willing to make no sacrifice at all in spending; if it extends its taxing to the limit of the peoples power to pay and continues to pile up deficits, then it is on the road to bankruptcy. Franklin D. Roosevelt sacrifice wind years Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will. Franklin D. Roosevelt world-war-2 democracy men We count, in the future as in the past, on the driving power of individual initiative, on the incentive of fair private profit, strengthened of course with the acceptance of those obligations to the public interest which rest upon us all. Franklin D. Roosevelt incentives acceptance past Old women are the secret to the fluffiest cakes. Franklin D. Roosevelt old-woman cake secret Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods. Franklin D. Roosevelt favors wisdom civilization How many people in the United States do you think will be willing to go to war to free Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania? Franklin D. Roosevelt war people thinking What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for theAtlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East. Franklin D. Roosevelt morning war moving Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years. Franklin D. Roosevelt war peace years Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce. Franklin D. Roosevelt standards presidential should On both sides of the line, we are so accustomed to an undefended boundary three thousand miles long that we are inclined perhaps to minimize its vast importance, not only to our own continuing relations but also to the example which it sets to the other nations of the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential long world I love it--I just love it. Franklin D. Roosevelt For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching. Franklin D. Roosevelt government country years These are bad days for all of us who remember always that when real world forces come into conflict, the final result is never as dark as we mortals guess it in very difficult days. Franklin D. Roosevelt bad-day real dark New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt leaving new-orleans europe In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. Franklin D. Roosevelt framework responsibility power The Nazi danger to our Western world has long ceased to be a mere possibility. The danger is here now--not only from a military enemy but from an enemy of all law, all liberty, all morality, all religion. Franklin D. Roosevelt military law long The first twelve years are the hardest. Franklin D. Roosevelt twelve government years I have a terrific pain in the back of my head. Franklin D. Roosevelt terrific pain
