Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Principles Quotes, Rules Quotes

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...

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

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...

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay...

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

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

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...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

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

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

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...

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,...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

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...

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.

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.

And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go...

And maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go...

The only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

The only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.