Franklin Delano Roosevelt

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than read more

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will
never survive as a happy and fertile oasis read more

I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will
never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded
by a cruel desert of dictatorship.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only read more

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

A nation, like a person, has a mind--a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, read more

A nation, like a person, has a mind--a mind that must be kept informed and alert, that must know itself, that understands the hopes and needs of its neighbors--all the other nations that live within the narrowing circle of the world.

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.