"The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
More by Franklin D Roosevelt
“Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.”
“The peoples of many countries are being taxed to the point of poverty and starvation in order to enable Governments to engage in a mad race in armament which, if permitted to continue, may well result in war. This grave menace to the peace of the world is due in no small measure to the uncontrolled activities of the manufacturers and merchants of engines of destruction, and it it must be met by the concerted actions of the peoples of all Nations.”
“Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.”
More on Liberty
“Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart.”
“[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty - that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.”
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite.”
More on Government
“Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”
“We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.”
“Violence begets violence, you know. And you can't kill off all the violent people or all the murderers. We'd have to kill off the government.”