Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes

May 25, 2006 22:44

Immortal words from our 32nd President, who truly loved this country with his life.
He's the one who got U.S. through the Great Depression.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
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
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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
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
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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