Famous Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Below are famous quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt - 32nd president of US (1882 - 1945).

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.

As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

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.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

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

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.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

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.

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

Those who have long enjoyed such privleges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.

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.

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

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

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