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
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We should never forge those that did not return,
We shall make the most lasting progress if we recognize that Social Security can furnish only a base upon which each one of our citizens may build his individual security through his own individual efforts.
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities - a sense of humor and a sense of proportion
We can never insure 100 percent of the population against 100 percent of the hazards and vicissitudes of life, but we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age,
I think this would be a good time for a beer.
We have nothing to fear but missing our massage appointment time
Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but matching destruction with more destruction, slaughter with greater slaughter.
Freedom of speech...Freedom of worship...Freedom from want...Freedom from fear.
All free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation.
The gains in education are never really lost. Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth, like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men.
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.
Continued dependence on relief inducers a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber.
Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self reliant enough to be free.
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.