Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes - Page 2

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• When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Strength, Crush, Peace

  Radio talk, 11 Sept. 1941

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

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  Clever, Men, Perfectly Good

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• What America needs now is a drink.

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  America, Needs, Drink

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• In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Government, People, Hypocrisy

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1941, Volume 10”, p.40, Best Books on

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• Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

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  Presidential, Freedom Of Speech, Democracy

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• We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.

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  Government, Dangerous, Organized

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.568, Best Books on

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• No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.

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  Rights, Long, Democracy

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.401, Best Books on

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• 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.

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  Relationship, Peace, Money

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Volume 13”, p.615, Best Books on

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• Presidents are selected, not elected.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  President, Politics, Selected

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• Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  Winning, Men, Long

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• We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Freedom, Believe, Feet

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• 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.

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  Country, Mean, Labor Day

  Franklin Roosevelt's Statement on the National Industrial Recovery Act, June 16, 1933.

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• We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

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  Civilization, Justice, Diversity

  Greeting to the American Committee for Protection of Foreign-born, January 9, 1940.

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• 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.

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  Country, Heart, Race

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• The whole world is one neighborhood.

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  World, Neighborhood, Whole

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• We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

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  Country, Society, Trying

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• There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

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  Life, Perseverance, Teaching

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• Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.

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  Lying, Order, Differences

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• Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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  Principles, Sacred

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4”, p.343, Best Books on

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• 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.

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  Motivational, Leadership, Perseverance

  Address at Oglethorpe University, 22 May (1932)

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• The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.

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  Party, Long, Support

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.517, Best Books on

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• The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

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  Strength, Peace, Strong

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (2008). “Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944”, Red & Black Pub

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• 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.

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  Freedom, Expression, Essentials

  Annual Message to Congress, 6 Jan. 1941 See Roosevelt and Churchill 3

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• The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."

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  Strength, Strong, War

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.599, Best Books on

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• Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

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  Inspirational, Strength, Spiritual

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1941, Volume 10”, p.152, Best Books on

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