"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards." — Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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383 Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt has 383 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no…
My own party can succeed at the polls only so long as it continues to be the party of militant…
The liberal party is a party which believes that, as new conditions an problems arise beyond the power of men…
Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.
For three long years I have been going up and down this country preaching that government . . . costs…
Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors. If those taxes are excessive, they are reflected in…
To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be…
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who…
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than…

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I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time. — Syd Barrett
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched… — Roberto Benigni
Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future. — Aneurin Bevan
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your… — Jeff Bezos
I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my… — Michael Biehn
People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down… — Linda Blair
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. — Elizabeth Bowen
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more… — David Byrne
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. — Lewis Carroll

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