A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Franklin D Roosevelt Quotes

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best...

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best...

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the...

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would...

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well...

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch.

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money - then make...

The entire essence of America is the hope to first make money - then make...

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our...

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...

I am captivated more by dreams of the future than by the history of the...