Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Principles Quotes, Rules 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....

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best...

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best...

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial...

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial...

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...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

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...

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...

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,...

To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail,...

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The...

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...

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

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

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...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be...

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be...

Fascism is capitalism in decay

Fascism is capitalism in decay

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...