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

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....

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,...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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...

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...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land,...

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

The United States Constitution has proven 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...

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...

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't...

Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't...

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...

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

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...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit...

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...

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.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since...

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since...