Quotes by Roosevelt, Franklin D.

No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity. >>

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for a >>

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself. >>

Quotations about Security

The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be ab >>

All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to st >>

I have come back again to where I belong; not an enchanted place, but >>

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression--everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way--everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want--which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants--everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear--which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression gainst any neighbor--anywhere in the world.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.