Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Government Quotes

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be...

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and...

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 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.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of...

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

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

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...

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,...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

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

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

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...

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,...

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....

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...

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice...

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral...

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

America is a mistake, a giant mistake.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be...

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin

The deadliest sin were the consciousness of no sin