Franklin D. Roosevelt America Quotations

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

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.

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

There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

America has been the New World in all tongues, to all peoples, not because this continent was a new-found land, but because all those who came here believed they could create upon this continent a new life -- a life that should be new in freedom.

We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world.

The people of America are in agreement in defending their liberties at any cost, and the first line of that defense lies in the protection of economic security.

There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.

These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for.

The frontier of America is on the Rhine.

What America needs now is a drink,