Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Justice Quotes, Mistakes Quotes, Sin Quotes

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,...

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,...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

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...

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to...

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

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

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further,...

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

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

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and...

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

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

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...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those...

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

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

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...

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...