Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes About Opinions

Quotes about: Opinions

• A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Government, Public Opinion, Opinion

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.43, Best Books on

• There are as many opinions as there are experts.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Experts, Opinion

  Franklin D. Roosevelt (1995). “The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt”, Gramercy

• The loneliest feeling in the world is when you think you are leading the parade and turn to find that no one is following you. No president who badly misguesses public opinion will last very long.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Thinking, Long, Feelings

• Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Wisdom, Support, Tree

• I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Issues, Government, Important

  Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign address on the Federal Budget in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (October 19, 1932), as quoted in "The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1928-1932" (p. 809), 1938.

• What worries me, especially, is that public opinion over here is patting itself on the back every morning and thanking God for theAtlantic Ocean (and the Pacific Ocean). We greatly underestimate the serious implications to our own future.... Things move with such terrific speed these days, that it is really essential to us to think in broader terms and, in effect, to warn the American people that they, too, should think of possible ultimate results in Europe and the Far East.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Morning, War, Moving

• I am particularly interested in the indications that the people seem to understand and approve the necessity of pursuing the course that will prevent a further effort on the part of the German peoples to continue the struggle for world domination, even though they are thoroughly beaten in this war.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  War, Struggle, People

• There is no group in America that can withstand the force of an aroused public opinion.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  America, Groups, Public Opinion

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1933, Volume 2”, p.254, Best Books on

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