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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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“The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men

All Quotes by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

History

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

— 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

“I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Good

“Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Future

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Religion

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fear

“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

“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

“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.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Freedom

“But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men

“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

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Time

“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Strength

“We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nature

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness

“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men

“The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men

“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

“Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country.”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Business