Home / Quotes / Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.”

Quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt

Author

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving for 12 years, the longest tenure in U.S. history. He led the nation through the Great Depression and World War II, implementing a series of reform measures known as the New Deal. more

You May Also Like

“The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage in a mad race in armament which, if permitted to continue, may well result in war. This grave menace to the peace of the world is due in no small measure to the uncontrolled activities of the manufacturers and merchants of engines of destruction, and it it must be met by the concerted actions of the peoples of all Nations.”

World Country Government Action Nations Race Poverty Mets Activity Destruction Mad Dues Graves Engines Starvation Merchants Menace Armament

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.”

Ifs Men Joy Lying Dark Effort Moral Teach Destiny Creative Cost Achievement Fellows Mad Mere Forgotten Profit Possession Ministers Thrill Fellow Man Stimulation Dark Days

Book:Looking Forward

Source: Looking Forward

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”

Men America Order Groups Wings Selfish Feathers Eagles Nests Small Groups Clip Selfish Men American Eagle

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“This law represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed--a structure intended to lessen the force of possible future depressions, to act as a protection to future administrations of the Government against the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy--a law to flatten out the peaks and valleys of deflation and of inflation--in other words, a law that will take care of human needs and at the same time provide for the United States an economic structure of vastly greater soundness.”

“I am accustomed to hearing malicious falsehoods about myself . . . But I think I have a right to resent, to object to libelous statements about my dog.”

Thinking Dog Objects Hearing Statements Falsehood Accustomed My Dog Resent Malicious

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service.”

Should Government Process Realizing Understood Employee Collectives Public Service Bargaining Collective Bargaining Government Employees

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to public personnel management.”

Management Limitation Personnel Insurmountable Collective Bargaining

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for administrative officials to represent fully or to bind the employer in mutual discussions with Government employee organizations.”

Government Purpose Impossible Organization Discussion Officials Employee Mutual Employers Administrative Collective Bargaining Purpose Of Government Government Employees

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“No business which depends for 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.”

“I have no expectation of making a hit every time I come to bat.”

Expectations Bats

Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt