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
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
The fundamental idea...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.
The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.
I've never been unemployed. I've never been very fully employed either.
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
I have an unshaken conviction that democracy can never be undermined if we maintain our library resources and a national intelligence capable of utilizing them.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
Forests are the lungs of our land......
This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.