Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. "

"Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society. "

"Every man has a right to life. That means that he also has a right to make a comfortable living. "

"Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. "

"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. "

"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. "

"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. "

"I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight. "

"I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average. "

"I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. "

"It is fun to be in the same decade with you. "

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind. "

"More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. "

"Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. "

"Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much. "

"No business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level--I mean the wages of decent living. "

"The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. "

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts about reality. "

"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. "

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. "

"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. "

"We would rather die on our feet than live on our knees. "

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. "

"Wise and prudent men -- intelligent conservatives -- have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing times. "