Peace Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have seen war ... I hate war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Calm seas never made a good sailor

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

War is a contagion.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than just an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Do the best you can do and wait the results in peace.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The American people want their government to act, and not merely to talk, whenever and wherever there is a threat to world…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

[D]rilling and arming, when carried on on a national scale, excite whole populations to frenzies which end in war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Resort to force in the Great War (I) failed to bring tranquillity. Victory and defeat alike were sterile. That lesson the world…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sometimes the best way to keep peace in the family is to keep the members of the family apart for awhile.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said that the only way to have a friend is to be one. We…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Today we are faced with the pre-eminent fact that if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war…

— 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

'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded. I have…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

A point has been reached where the peoples of the Americas must take cognizance of growing ill-will, of marked trends toward aggression,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end to this brutal,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“No realistic American can expect from a dictator's peace international generosity, or return of true independence, or world disarmament, or freedom of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

And while I am talking to you mothers and fathers, I give you one more assurance. I have said this before, but…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

“We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of nations far…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt