It will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth or learning or inheritance or economic power, to retain any mandate, any permanent authority to arrogate to itself the political control of American public life.
Franklin D. RooseveltPeace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.
Franklin D. RooseveltThe Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
Franklin D. RooseveltIn vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, they stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not subjection; and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the over-privileged alike.
Franklin D. Roosevelt