Franklin D. Roosevelt

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings. ”

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned. ”

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. ”

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. ”

One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along. ”

If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time. ”

If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. ”

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. ”

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. ”

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. ”