677 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Liberty requires opportunity to make a living – a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men’s enlightened will.

To reach a port, we must sail – sail, not tie at anchor – sail, not drift.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people’s money, other people’s business, other people’s labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.

You’ll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat; but it doesn’t need to worry you. You won’t always be right, but you mustn’t suffer from being wrong. That’s what kills people like us.

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.

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

Organized money hates me – and I welcome their hatred!