Religion Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

[The United States is] founded on the principles of Christianity

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The driving force of a nation lies in its spiritual purpose, made effective by free, tolerant but unremitting national will.

— 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

I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas.

— 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

There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend not their homes alone but the tenets…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

But the challenge is always the same whether each generation facing its own circumstances can summon the practical devotion to attain and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Where freedom of religion has been attacked, the attack has come from sources opposed to democracy. Where democracy has been overthrown, the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is [their] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the…

— 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

Democracy can thrive only when it enlists the devotion of those whom Lincoln called the common people. Democracy can hold that devotion…

— 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 lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration…

— 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

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen…

— 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