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
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Instructions for making a speech: Be sincere; be brief; be seated
He stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die that freedom might live, and grow, and increase its blessings. Freedom lives, and through it, he lives - in a way that humbles the undertakings of most men.
The value of love will always be stronger than the value of hate.. Any nation or group of nations which employs hatred eventually is torn to pieces by hatred...
The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written
The cure for what ails us is leadership,
In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor - the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others - the neighbor who respects his obligations and respect
It got to a point where I had to get a hair-cut or a violin
The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little.
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
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the enjoyment of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort
Books may be burned and cities sacked, but truth like the yearning for freedom, lives in the hearts of humble men and women
Government run by organized money is the same as government run by the organized mob