Freedom Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom of speech...Freedom of worship...Freedom from want...Freedom from fear.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The essence of our struggle is that men shall be free.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The world order which we seek is the co-operation of free countries, working together in a friendly, civilized society.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must recognize the fundamental rights of man. There can be no true national life in our democracy unless we give unqualified…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We do not see faith, hope, and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a nation fighting…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

America has been the New World in all tongues, to all peoples, not because this continent was a new-found land, but because…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We are a nation of many nationalities, many races, many religions-bound together by a single unity, the unity of freedom and equality.…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The traditional Jeffersonian principle of religious freedom was so broadly democratic that it included the right to have no religion at all…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists…

— 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

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be…

— 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

[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature…

— 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 lessons of religious toleration - a toleration which recognizes complete liberty of human thought, liberty of conscience - is one which,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation…

— 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

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

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific…

— 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…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I call for effort, courage, sacrifice, devotion. Granting the love of freedom, all of these are possible. And the love of freedom…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“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

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free, that civilized men need no restraint…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt