Franklin Roosevelt

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.

Franklin Roosevelt

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.

Franklin Roosevelt

Instructions for making a speech. Be sincere, be brief, be seated.

Franklin Roosevelt

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Franklin Roosevelt

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

Franklin Roosevelt

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

Franklin Roosevelt

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.