F. D. Roosevelt Quotes

The lunatic fringe in all reform movements.

We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.

There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market. One method is just pernicious to the body politic as the other kind.

Property belongs to man and not man to property.

Never, never, you must never either of you remind a man at work on a political job that he may be President.

It is character that counts in a nation as in a man.

Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.

The corporation that shrinks from the light" would have anything to fear from government. About the welfare of such corporations we need not be oversensitive.

War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for the evil. Put it out of his power to do wrong.

A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.

Materially we must strive to secure a broader economic opportunity for all men, so that each shall have a better chance to show the stuff of which he is made.

The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.

The country is the place for children, and if not the country, a city small enough so that one can get out into the country.

No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.

There has never yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.

the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very muchhigher.

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Light a candle instead of cursing the darkness.

Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.

The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

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

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

Believe you can, and you're halfway there.

You can not live at all if you do not learn to adapt yourself to your life as it happens to be.

Believe that you can and you are halfway there

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing

You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

Theodore you have the mind but you have not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. I am giving you the tools, but it is up to you to make your body.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

War is young men dying and old men talking

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.Freedom

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

It was not only that he was a great man, but, oh, there was such fun in being led by him.

Good leaders inspire people to have confidence in their leader. Great leaders inspire people to have confidence in themselves.

If he could not go out into the world, the world could come to him.

If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time.