Top 15 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Quotes

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.

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

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

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 too little.

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.

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.

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

To reach a port we must set sail –
Sail, not tie at anchor
Sail, not drift.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.