If I were starting life over again, I am inclined to think that I would go into the advertising business in preference to almost any other. The general raising of the standards of modern civilization among all groups of people…

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Affection Quotes, Self Interest Quotes

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are...

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are...

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...

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

Im not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

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...

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept...

A nation, like a person, has a mind - a mind that must be kept...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join...

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join...

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...

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....

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

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...