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 is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead -- and find no one there.
It's 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 only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
when only a president could have that kind of accommodation.
We cannot always build the future of our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men and women