All safe deposit boxes in banks or financial institutions have been sealed... and may only be opened in the presence of an… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. If those taxes are excessive, they are reflected in idle factories,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our policy is to give all possible material aid to the nations that still resist aggression across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - No matter how long it may take us to overcome… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are,… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Almighty God, who hast given us this good land for our heritage; We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an atmosphere of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We are not isolationists except in so far as we seek to isolate ourselves completely from war. Yet we must remember that… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
On this tenth day of June, nineteen hundred and forty, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the… — 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
