677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant liberalism.

We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over material things. Through new uses of corporations, banks and securities, new machinery of industry and agriculture, of labor and capital - all undreamed of by the Fathers - the whole structure of modern life was impressed into this royal service.

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

Every man has a right to life. That means that he also has a right to make a comfortable living.

For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities - a sense of humor and a sense of proportion

A good leader can't get too far ahead of his followers.

There is one front and one battle where everyone in the United States-every man, woman, and child-is in action, and will be privileged to remain in action throughout this war. That front is right here at home, in our daily lives, and in our daily tasks.