More quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues."
"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
"The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion."
"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort."
"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]"