Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on U.S. involvement in World War II. A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.

Quotes

I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

Americans
The true conservative is the man who has a real concern for injustices and takes thought against the day of reckoning.

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

Conservatives
As Americans, we go forward, in the service of our country, by the will of God.
Those who have long enjoyed such privleges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.

Civilization, Hatred
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

Actions
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Destiny, Responsibility
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money. It lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Actions
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.

Communication
We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.
If you treat people right they will treat you right - ninety percent of the time.
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.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

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

Chance, Fate
We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.