Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism -- ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power.

 the only thing we have to fear is fear itself

Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales. Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omission of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales. Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omission of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway.

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

If you treat people right they will treat you right --ninety percent of the time.

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.