Society and the World

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.

When we build, let us think that we build for ever.

Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality.

It means everything—it means freedom.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

I have got such a bully pulpit!

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ‘weasel words’. When a weasel sucks eggs the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a ‘weasel word’ after another, there is nothing left of the other.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

The men with the muck-rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society; but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

The work, my friend, is peace. More than an end of this war—an end to the beginnings of all wars.

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

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.

We must be the great arsenal of democracy.

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and

We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.