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"Be sincere; be brief; be seated."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
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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."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, More quotation on Americans. |
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"If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
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"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."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
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"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."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
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"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
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"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941. |
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"First of all, 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."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933. |
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"It is fun to be in the same decade with you."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a letter to Winston Churchill. |
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"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, message for Jefferson Day, April 13, 1945. |