Quotes from Franklin D. Roosevelt

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory…With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph---so help us God.

The only thing we have to fear is the FEAR itself.

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

I call for effort, courage, sacrifice, devotion. Granting the love of freedom, all of these are possible. And the love of freedom is still fierce and steady in the nation today. June 10, 1940

I love it--I just love it.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.

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

Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.