We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.


Fourth Inaugural Address (January 20, 1945)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be...

We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be...

We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be...

We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately—but we still shall strive. We may make mistakes—but they must never be...