Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.


Radio Address for the Mobilization for Human Needs, October 13, 1940.

Radio Address for the Mobilization for Human Needs[presidency.ucsb.edu]

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough.