“I venture the challenging statement that if American democracy ceases to move forward as a living force, seeking day and night by peaceful means to better the lot of our citizens, fascism will grow in strength in our land.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“It was now December 7, 1941; the date that Franklin D. Roosevelt was destined to declare would live in infamy.”
Randall Wallace, Pearl Harbor“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt