Quotes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“ Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Truth

“ The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Truth

“ 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." [Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171] ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Education

“ 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." [Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171] ”

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Education

“ A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns. ”

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Books

“ A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns. ”

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Books

“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Fear

“ 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 Delano Roosevelt

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Back

“ Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Bliss

“ We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Consumer

“ We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Community

“ The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Calculate

“ No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Compensation

“ Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”

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Consummation

“ When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ”

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Connect

“ I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Communism

“ We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ”

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Construct

“ The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Civilized

“ We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. ”

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Commonwealth

“ Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Creative

“ We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Diversity

“ Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Domestic

“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”

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Dismay

“ Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves. ”

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Debt

“ Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”

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Delight

“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”

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Dread

“ 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 Delano Roosevelt

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Dictatorship

“ Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves. ”

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Due

“ No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. ”

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Earnings

“ They seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers… call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order. ”

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“ Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory. ”

“ The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it. ”

“ A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns. ”

“ A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns. ”

“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”

“ We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. ”

“ We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ”

“ The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little. ”

“ No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. ”

“ Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”

“ When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ”

“ I do not believe in communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country. Several of the best friends I have got are Communists. ”

“ We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ”

“ The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society. ”

“ We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. ”

“ Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. ”

“ We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions — bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality. Whoever seeks to set one nationality against another, seeks to degrade all nationalities. ”

“ Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves. ”

“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”

“ Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves. ”

“ Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”

“ The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Our national debt, after all, is an internal debt, owed not only by the nation but to the nation. If our children have to pay the interest they will pay that interest to themselves. ”

“ No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. ”

“ They seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers… call this a new order. It is not new and it is not order. ”