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's a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there
It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.
Once you've spent two years trying to wiggle one toe, everything is in proportion.
If you have spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your big toe, everything else seems easy.
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead - and find no one there.
No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.
Above all, try something
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
I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales
On this tenth day in June, 1940, the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor