The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Self-esteem]

Be sincere, be brief; be seated.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Speakers and Speaking]

Taxes, are the dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Taxes and Taxation]

never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Time and Time Management]

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Truth]

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 - [Unemployment]

Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Vanity]

More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [War]

War is a contagion.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [War]

Peace, like charity, begins at home.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Peace]

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Perseverance]

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Politicians and Politics]

No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Politicians and Politics]

The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Poverty and The Poor]

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Power]

Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Prejudice]

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Reactionaries]

I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Recession]

If we can ''boondoggle'' ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Recession]

Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships... the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world, at peace.
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt - [Relationships]