We count, in the future as in the past, on the driving power of individual initiative, on the incentive of fair private profit, strengthened of course with the acceptance of those obligations to the public interest which rest upon us… — 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
'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
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
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
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
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
The core of our defense is the faith we have in the institutions we defend. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share
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
Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share
