677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

There were so many versions out there, and he (Roosevelt) was bothered by it. He asked my father to do that, and he did.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

Do not confuse objectives with methods. When the nation becomes substantially united in favor of planning the broad objectives of civilization, then true leadership must unite thought behind definite methods.

Our national debt after all is an internal debt owed not only by the Nation but to the Nation. If our children have to pay interest on it they will pay that interest to themselves. A reasonable internal debt will not impoverish our children or put the Nation into bankruptcy.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.

It's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there

In the formative days of the Republic, the directing influence the Bible exercised upon the fathers of the Nation is conspicuously evident...