Political Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

— 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

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

— 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

It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.

— 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

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

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

I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...More important, however, than the material gains will be…

— 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

It will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

And yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Your profits are going to be cut down to a reasonably low level by taxation. Your income will be subject to higher…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government…

— 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

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is…

— 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

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt