Franklin D Roosevelt on Vision Quotes

"In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice."

"The joy of work is the best medicine for the soul."

"The basic things expected by our people of their political and economic systems are simple. They are: Equality of opportunity for youth and for others."

"We must lay the foundations of a world in which all peoples may feel a sense of economic and social security."

"The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are worthy of it."

"We have earned the right to look forward to a world in which the people of all nations may live in peace and in safety."

"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."

"The world is on the move, and we are on the move with it."

"We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms."

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."

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

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence."

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

"Our progress out of the depression is obvious. But that is not all that you and I should think about. We must also think about the future."

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

"The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation."

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."

"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely."

"We must be the great arsenal of democracy."

"The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and of danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity or it will move apart."

"Peace, like charity, begins at home."

"I see a great nation, upon a great continent, blessed with a great wealth of natural resources."

"We are going to win the war and we are going to win the peace that follows."

"To reach a port we must sail-sail, not tie at anchor-sail, not drift."

"We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon."

"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."

"Industrial combinations are not wrong in themselves, but they are wrong if they use their power to the detriment of the public."

"The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize."

"Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force."

"Cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off."

"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this Nation to the policy of the good neighbor."