677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

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.

It isn’t sufficient just to want-you’ve got to ask yourself what you’re going to do to get the things you want.

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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.Freedom

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. "Necessitous men are not free men." People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.