1882-1945, Thirty-second President of the USA
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Freedom]
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [War]
never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Time and Time Management]
Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Vanity]
No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Minorities]
No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Politicians and Politics]
Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Unemployment]
Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Leaders and Leadership]
Peace, like charity, begins at home.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Peace]
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrations and revolutionists.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Ancestry]
Taxes, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Taxes and Taxation]
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Self-esteem]
The barrier between success is not something which exists in the real world: it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Belief]
The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Poverty and The Poor]
The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority, and for their own selfish purpose or advancement, hamper or oppress that minority, or debar them in any way from equal privileges and equal rights — that moment will mark the failure of our constitutional system.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Majority]
The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Ecology]
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Faith]
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Fear]
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 too little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Giving]
The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
Franklin D. Roosevelt – [Truth]
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