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
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
The school spirit for our sport is very high, ... They were able to bring it back under control. I am very pleased.
The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize
The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written