"A world turned into a stereotype, a..." - Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt
A world turned into a stereotype, a society converted into a regiment, a life translated into a routine, make it difficult for either art or artists to survive. Crush individuality in society and you crush art as well. Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.
More by Franklin D Roosevelt
“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.”
“Frankly, I do not know how to effect a permanency in American foreign policy.”
“Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred!”
More on Individuality
“Seemingly unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. Much progress, therefore, depends on such people.”
“Given that everyone is giving you their own opinion about him, I think the only opinion you should listen to is yours.”
“In a crazy world, it's only your insanity that will keep you sane”
More on Freedom
“Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.”
“We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.”
“My faith in the proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is exclusively his own lies at the foundation of the sense of justice there is in me.”