Franklin D. Roosevelt

Country American Samoa
Born Monday, 30 November -0001
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Quotes 75
president of America
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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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. Uncategorized
I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making. Uncategorized
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. f Uncategorized
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking. Uncategorized
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. Uncategorized
Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars. Uncategorized
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. Uncategorized
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. Uncategorized
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Uncategorized
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. Uncategorized
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting. Uncategorized