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
It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.
It is time to extend planning to a wider field, in this instance comprehending in one great project many states directly concerned with the basin of one of our greatest rivers.
It will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth or learning or inheritance or economic power, to retain any mandate, any permanent authority to arrogate to itself the political control of American public life.
Freedom of speech...Freedom of worship...Freedom from want...Freedom from fear.
It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.
No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.
In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
No greater blessing could come to our land today than a revival of the spirit of religion. I doubt if there is any problem in the world today -- social, political, or economic -- that would not find happy solution if approached in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount.
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