Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our security is not a matter of weapons alone. The arm that wields them must be strong, the eye that guides them clear, the will that directs them indomitable.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace can endure only so long as humanity really insists upon it, and is willing to work for it and sacrifice for it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace on earth, good will toward men’ – democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without that true religion which gives a nation a sense of justice and moral purpose.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace, like charity, begins at home.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Religion, by teaching man his relationship to God, gives the individual a sense of his own dignity and teaches him to respect himself by respecting his neighbors.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Research is one of the nation’s very greatest resources and the role of the federal government in supporting and stimulating it needs to reexamined.

Franklin D. Roosevelt