We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Power
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Motivational
The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Government
Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Future
Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Business
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 little. -Franklin D. Roosevelt History
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Education
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Strength
Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Government
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. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Peace
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. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Science
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments. -Franklin D. Roosevelt War
We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Hope
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Government
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Politics
Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Religion
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Faith
No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Government
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. -Franklin D. Roosevelt Freedom
