The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Of course we believe these things. We believe in social security. We believe in work for the unemployed. We believe in saving… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Social Security Act offers to all our citizens a workable and working method of meeting urgent present needs and of forestalling… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Of course we will continue to work for cheaper electricity in the homes and on the farms of America; for better and… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In a democratic nation, power must be linked with responsibility, and obliged to defend and justify itself within the framework of the general good. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have seen men… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made the planes… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of Russia... — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
