Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The Genesis of the New Deal, 1928”

“I accuse the present Administration of being the greatest spending Administration in peacetime in all American history”

“My friends, judge me by the enemies I have made. Speech made on the campaign trail in Portland, Oregon”

“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois”

“The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. Franklin D. Roosevelt , radio address (March 2, 1930); reported in Public Papers of Governor Roosevelt (1930), p. 710.”

“During this Depression, when the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time, it is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby, and forget his troubles. during the Great Depression regarding Shirley Temple cited 16 December 2024 here on BBC article by Aine Quinn”

“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation , which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. Speech at the People's Forum in Troy, New York”

“I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm . Roosevelt to Henry M. Heymann (2 December 1919), as quoted in Roosevelt and Howe (1962), by Alfred B. Rollins, Jr., p. 153”

“F.D.R. : His Personal Letters, Early Years (2005), edited by Elliott Roosevelt , p. 6]”

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