![]() ![]() Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. “The world must be made safe for democracy. ![]() The Bouletic oath, Cleisthenes (credited with creation of Athenian democracy) "Freedom of speech.Freedom of worship.Freedom from want.Freedom from fear.“To advise according to the laws what was best for the people” Let us move forward with strong and active faith." "The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. "The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world." "Unless the peace that follows recognizes that the whole world is one neighborhood and does justice to the whole human race, the germs of another world war will remain as a constant threat to mankind." "More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars." "We have faith that future generations will know here, in the middle of the twentieth century, there came a time when men of good will found a way to unite, and produce, and fight to destroy the forces of ignorance, and intolerance, and slavery, and war." "They seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers.call this a new order. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I have seen cities destroyed.I have seen children starving. I have seen blood running from the wounded.I have seen the dead in the mud. "We must be the great arsenal of democracy." Third Term (1941-1945) - The Second World War We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization." "We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties of all our citizens, whatever their background. "I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work.More important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work." "It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin of one of our greatest rivers." "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." "I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust." "Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races." The throwing out of balance of the resources of nature throws out of balance also the lives of men." "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order." Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. "No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. "In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice.the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man." "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American People." "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." He had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of all lessons - infinite patience and never ending persistence."įirst Term (1933-1937) - The Great Depression "Franklin's illness.gave him strength and courage he had not had before. The following quotations may be found in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: ![]()
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