Famous Quotes from ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- Taxes, after all, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group,... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
- Knowledgethat is, education in its true senseis our best protection against unreasoning prejudice and panic-making fear, whether engendered by special interest, illiberal minorities, or panic-stricken leaders.... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}