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
Franklin D. Roosevelt quotes about
Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.
There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.
No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic.
Taxes, after all, are dues that we pay for the privileges of membership in an organized society.
Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much.
To reach a port we must set sail
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.
We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.