In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: 4th Of July Quotes, American Dream Quotes, Independence Day Quotes

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than...

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of...

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of...

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends...

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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

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

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it...

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...

We may have lost the fear of the bomb in this post cold-war era, but...

We may have lost the fear of the bomb in this post cold-war era, but...

Many of our fears are tissuepaper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us through...

Many of our fears are tissuepaper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us through...