Politics Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“War is young men dying and old men talking”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

That, in essence is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

You are, I am sure, aware that genuine popular support in the United States is required to carry out any Government policy,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A Radical is a man with both feet firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Let us be clear at the outset that the liberty of individuals to carry on their business should not be abrogated unless…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation... to enable governments to engage in a…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

History proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, but out of weak and helpless ones. If by…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the government, but they have maintained that…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We need enthusiasm, imagination and the ability to face facts, even unpleasant ones, bravely. We need to correct, by drastic means if…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“From the end of the World War twenty-one years ago, this country, like many others, went through a phase of having large…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“To the Congress: Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“All agree that, the first responsibility for the alleviation of poverty and distress and for the care of the victims of the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The function of Government must be to favor no small group at the expense of its duty to protect the rights of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs too much.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt