More quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
"Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights and keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose. To that high concept there can be no end save victory."
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
"Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom."
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."