Best Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Top 10)

  1. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
  2. Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
  3. I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
  4. When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
  5. We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
  6. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
  7. The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism: ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.
  8. I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
  9. A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.
  10. To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.

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