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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) was the 32nd President of the United States, serving an unprecedented four terms from 1933 to 1945. He led the nation through the Great Depression with his New Deal programs and through most of World War II. His leadership during two of America's greatest crises made him one of the most consequential presidents in history.

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“Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

War

All Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Good

“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.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Government

“No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Education

“Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory embodiment.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Change

“A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Good

“If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships - the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Peace

“Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men

“One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Best

“More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

War

“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Society

“No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Government

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

History

“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Education

“Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

War

“Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Religion

“If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Time

“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Government

“The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Great

“It takes a long time to bring the past up to the present.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Time

“We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Hope