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
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free
In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice…, the path of faith, the path of hope, and the path of love toward our fellow man.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
We may make mistakes-but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.
Our handicaps exist only in our minds.
I think this would be a good time for a beer.
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
Labor Day symbolizes our determination to achieve an economic freedom for the average man which will give his political freedom realty.
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.
It is to the real advantage of every producer, every manufacturer and every merchant to cooperate in the improvement of working conditions, because the best customer of American industry is the well-paid worker.