Once you've spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion.
Franklin D. RooseveltThis great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Franklin D. RooseveltIn politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Franklin D. RooseveltComing to grips with the reality that our planet is not the only one harboring intelligent life the universe.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To dole out relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. It is inimical to the dictates of a sound policy. It is in violation of the traditions of America.
Franklin D. Roosevelt