It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Funny Quotes, Leadership Quotes

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but...

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...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

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...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the...

If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - 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....

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...

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another....

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

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

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

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

I hope that your committee will not permit doubt as to constitutionality, however reasonable, to...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of...

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of...

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms...

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of those who have minded beyond reason the opinion...

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society...

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society...