Quotes by
Franklin Roosevelt |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882-1945 , American President [1936-1945]
32nd president of the United States (1933–45). The only president elected to the office four times, Roosevelt led the United States through two of the greatest crises of the 20th century: the Great Depression and World War II. In so doing, he greatly expanded the powers of the federal government through a series of programs and reforms known as the New Deal. more info:
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Quotations
| • | Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. 18 |
| • | Presidents are selected, not elected. 17 |
| • | Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. 11 |
| • | In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. 11 |
| • | Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself. 8 |
| • | I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. 8 |
| • | He's a son-of-a-bitch, but he’s our son-of-a-bitch. (on Anastasio Somoza García, president of Nicaragua) 7 |
| • | I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. 7 |
| • | Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred! 6 |
| • | We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob. 6 |
| • | I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. (speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, 1932) 6 |
| • | Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. 6 |
| • | A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. 6 |
| • | There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. 6 |
| • | 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. 5 |
| • | We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics. 5 |
| • | You are only an extra in everyone else's play. 5 |
| • | Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. 5 |
| • | The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. 5 |
| • | It has always seemed to me that the best symbol of common sense was a bridge. 4 |
| • | People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about. 4 |
| • | War is young men dying and old men talking. 4 |
| • | In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved. 4 |
| • | If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time. 4 |
| • | We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. 4 |
| • | What America needs now is a drink. 3 |
| • | 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. 3 |
| • | If I prove a bad president, I will also likely to prove the last president. 3 |
| • | It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. 3 |
| • | Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated. (advice to his son James on how to make a public speech) 3 |
| • | Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. 3 |
Funny Quotes
| • | I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. 8 |
