Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Vote, Voting, American

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 D. Roosevelt

History, Enough, Progress

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Education, Real, Democracy

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Power, Government, Forget

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom, True, Job

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politics, Good, Forward

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politics, Nothing, Happens

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

Live, Confidence, Honesty

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Relationship, Peace, Science

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

End, Reach, Tie

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

War, Future, Forget

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Strength, Giving, Nation

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Here, American, Pay

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men, Minds, Fate

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Time, Treat, Percent

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

School, America, Last

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Try, Sense, Another

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Kindness, Human, Free

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Success, Happiness, Joy

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Intelligence, Smart, Sure

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Political, Thinking, Wish

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Political, Down, Else

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Today, Off, Point

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Judge, Made, Ask

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: January 30, 1882

Died: April 12, 1945

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