Franklin D. Roosevelt on Future
← Back to Franklin D. Roosevelt ProfilePenned shortly before his death, Franklin D. Roosevelt's handwritten addition to his final, unfinished Jefferson Day address reveals his enduring optimism for the future.
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”
Speaking at the dedication of his presidential library, Franklin D. Roosevelt articulated the vital role of historical records in shaping a nation's future through informed citizenry.
“To bring together the records of the past and to house them in buildings where they will be preserved for the use of men and women in the future, a Nation must believe in three things. It must believe in the past. It must believe in the future. It must, above all, believe in the capacity of its own people so to learn from the past that they can gain in judgment in creating their own future.”