Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party after 1932 as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. His program for relief, recovery and reform, known as the New Deal, involved...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth30 January 1882
CityHyde Park, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities - a sense of humor and a sense of proportion
It got to a point where I had to get a hair-cut or a violin
It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
Repetition does not transform a lie into the truth.
Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists
We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace-business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. Never before in history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hatred for me - and I welcome their hatred. I should like to have it said of my first administration that in it the forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match. I should like to have it said of my second administration that in it these forces met their master.- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Speech at Madison Square Garden
Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.
Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down.
Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world, at peace
We can afford all that we need; but we cannot afford all that we want