To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Principles Quotes

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined...

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

There are as many opinions as there are experts.

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.

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is...

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

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...

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 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...

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been...

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and...

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it.