Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Book, Land, Media Control

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.418, Best Books on

• 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.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Memories, Freedom, War

  "Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

• People die, but books never die.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Book, People, Censorship

  "Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

• 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.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Funny, Powerful

• As Commander-in-Chief, I take pleasure in commending the reading of the Bible to all who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. Throughout the centuries, men of many faiths and diverse origins have found in the Sacred Book words of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration. It is a fountain of strength...an aid in attaining the highest aspiration of the human soul.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Book, Inspiration, Reading

• We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny of every kind.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Book, Fighting, Men

  "Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

• People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Memories, Book, Reading

  "Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

• The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Education, Book, Heart

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.418, Best Books on

• If the fires of freedom and civil liberties burn low in other lands they must be made brighter in our own. If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free. If in other lands the eternal truths of the past are threatened by intolerance we must provide a safe place for their perpetuation.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Freedom, Book, Past

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1941). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1938, Volume 7”, p.418, Best Books on

• Books cannot be killed by fire.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Book, Fire

  "Message to the Booksellers of America" (1942)

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