F. D. Roosevelt Quotes

So the blues player, he ain't worried and bothered, but he's got something for the worried people.

A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.

We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord.

An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.

If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.

Black care rarely sits behind the rider whose pace is fast enough.

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun to the circling edge of creation. Verily, the mighty Lawgiver hath subjected himself unto laws.

McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair.

Just as Lincoln got contradictory advice from the extremists of both sides . . . so now I have to guard myself against the extremists of both sides.

The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.

To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.

In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit.

It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.

Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

Look Toward the stars but keep your feet firmly on the ground.

We can just as little afford to follow the doctrinaires of an extreme individualism as the doctrinaires of an extreme socialism.

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.

While President, I have been President - emphatically.

The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty deeds we make them come true.

Conservation of our resources is the fundamental question before this nation, and that our first and greatest task is to set our house in order and begin to live within our means.

The lives of truest heroism are those in which there are no great deeds to look back upon. It is the little things well done that go to make up a truly successful and good life.

I feel as fit as a bull moose.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

The extermination of the buffalo has been a veritable tragedy of the animal world.

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.

If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

I am convinced that every effort must be made in childhood to teach the young to use their own minds. For one thing is sure: If they don't make up their minds, someone will do it for them.

Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.

Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.

No one from the beginning of time has had security.

If you can't say something nice about someone, come and sit right here next to me.

On the path that leads to Nowhere I have sometimes found my soul!

Stretch out your hand and receive the world's wide gift of joy, appreciation and beauty.

There is no wisdom but in death

Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.

What I have learned from my own experience is that the most important ingredients in a child's education are curiosity, interest, imagination, and a sense of the adventure of life.

In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly.

No one can insult you without your permission.

We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.

Each time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge

We need emotional outlets in this country, and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as a nation.

what we need in the world is manners ... I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.

I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.