President Franklin D. Roosevelt:
ADDRESS ON THE "ECONOMIC BILL OF RIGHTS." OCTOBER 28,1944
“...The future of America, like its past, must be made by deeds--not words.
America has always been a land of action--a land of adventurous pioneering--a land of growing and building:
America must always be such a land.
The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such wisdom as God gives to mankind--men and women who are just, and understanding, and generous to others--men and women who are capable of disciplining themselves.
For they are the rulers and they must rule themselves.
...I believe in our democratic faith and in the future of our country which has given eternal strength and vitality to that faith.
...We are not going to turn back the clock!
We are going forward--and--with the fighting millions of our fellow countrymen--we are going forward together.”
