677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

We cannot always build the future of our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

If you hold your fire until you see the whites of his eyes, you will never know what hit you.

Self-help and self-control are the essence of the American tradition.

[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature in such a way as to harm their neighbors and especially to harm the future generations of Americans. If many years ago we had had the necessary knowledge, and especially the necessary willingness on the part of the Federal Government, we would have saved a sum, a sum of money which has cost the taxpayers of America two billion dollars.

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend.

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.

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.