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.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Franklin D Roosevelt Quotes

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.

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...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and...

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal...

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant...

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid...

The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

People talk about my image, like I come in two dimensions, like lipstick is a...

People talk about my image, like I come in two dimensions, like lipstick is a...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...