Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

American statesman

Lived from: 1882 - 1945

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 30 january 1882 Died: 12 april 1945

  • Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
  • When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.

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  • Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
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  • But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
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  • No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.
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  • A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who has never learned to walk.
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  • A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
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  • An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod.
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  • No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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  • 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.
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  • Peace, like charity, begins at home.
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  • The barrier between success is not something which exists in the real world: it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
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  • Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, 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.
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  • A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.
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  • Be sincere, be brief; be seated.
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  • Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
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  • Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation.
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  • Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.
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  • I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.
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  • I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
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  • 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.
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  • If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.
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What are the most famous quotes from Franklin D. Roosevelt?

The two most famous quotes from Franklin D. Roosevelt are:

  • "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
  • "But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings."

When did Franklin D. Roosevelt live?

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in 1882 and died in the year 1945.