Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quotes

• “I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national...”
• “Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war,...”
• “Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and ...”
• “First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, u...”
• “A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the t...”
• “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of demo...”
• “We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the hori...”
• “The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.”
• “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
• “I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.”
• “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”
• “The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.”