677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have a terrific pain in the back of my head.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government this power is wholesome and proper. But in the hands of political puppets of an economic autocracy such power would provide shackles for the liberties of the people.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.

It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.

Industrial combination is not wrong in itself. The danger lies in taking government into partnership.

I have seen war ... I hate war.

The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.