Franklin D. Roosevelt — People

Brown lace-up shoes tied together just behind a yellow line on a blue-grey floor. — Original artwork

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A small brass wire cage with its door open and a paper bird perched outside it on a gray table. — Original artwork

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A blue paper boat and a grey wave-shaped cutout rest on reflective water beneath a pink and blue sky. — Original artwork

This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

A coil of knotted, frayed rope rests on weathered dock planks beside calm grey water. — Original artwork

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Painterly two toy soldiers on scorched ground, one standing and one fallen, beneath a smoky sky. — Original artwork

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

Franklin D. Roosevelt