...let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear. . .is fear itself. . .nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.


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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 19...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
When you come to the end of your rope...tie a knot and hang on.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
The only thing to fear is fear itself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which par...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - name...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economic...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the v...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority o...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties w...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is wheth...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Confidence....thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful prote...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
If we can ''boondoggle'' ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
the first war of the 21st century.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
a poverty-ridden old age.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We can never insure 100 percent of the population against 100 percent of the hazards and vicissitude...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We should never forge those that did not return,
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
greatly impressed.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, or preventing all possibility of its...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
It got to a point where I had to get a hair-cut or a violin
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising busi...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that is have free and independent l...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We shall make the most lasting progress if we recognize that Social Security can furnish only a base...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Government run by organized money is the same as government run by the organized mob
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business,...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it ...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We can afford all that we need; but we cannot afford all that we want
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
I love it--I just love it.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fun...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We are going to tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
I think we consider too much the luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early wor...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If i...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the f...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
He (Somoza, the elder in Nicaragua) may be an SOB but he's our SOB
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a s...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economic...
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT