More quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns."
"I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them."[Letter to Herbert Putnam; in: Waters, Edward N.: Herbert Putnam: the tallest little man in the world; Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 33:2 (April 1976), p. 171]"
"We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon."
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."