These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for.
No greater tragedy exists in modern civilization than the aged, worn-out worker who after a life of ceaseless effort and useful productivity must look forward for his declining years to a poorhouse. A modern social consciousness demands a more humane and efficient arrangement.
The whole world is one neighborhood.
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.
The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart; Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out of line—the survivors of a regiment of 1,000 that went forward 48 hours before. I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.
Every man has a right to life, and this means that he has also a right to make a comfortable living.
Change is like fire- if uncontrolled, it will consume us.
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country... By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level - I mean the wages of decent living.
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.
We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought.
The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.
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.
Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
Hitler built a fortress around Europe, but he forgot to put a roof on it.
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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