Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

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.

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.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

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

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

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 government.

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

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely.

Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt part 2

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

We must remember, above all, that monopoly is the enemy of democracy.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

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.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

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

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.

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.

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 government.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely.

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

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

To reach a port, we must set sail. Sail, not tie at anchor. Sail, not drift.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.

We must remember, above all, that monopoly is the enemy of democracy.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Men and nature must work hand in hand. The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men.

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.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

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.