677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.

These are bad days for all of us who remember always that when real world forces come into conflict, the final result is never as dark as we mortals guess it in very difficult days.

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.

New Orleans makes it possible to go to Europe without ever leaving the United States.

Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men and women

I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.