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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Quotes

  • Fear
    Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Freedom and Liberty
    We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want . . . everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear . . . anywhere in the world.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Liberals and Conservatives
    A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted—in the air; a conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward; . . . a liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest—at the command—of his head.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Opinion
    A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Rich and Poor
    It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • The Environment
    The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.Franklin D. Roosevelt