Dec 29, 1940
The experience of the past two years has proven beyond doubt that no nation can appease the Nazis.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Public Record
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 US 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 US 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.
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December 29, 1940
The plain facts are that the Nazis have proclaimed, time and again, that all other races are their inferiors and therefore subject to their orders.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Dec 29, 1940
Never before since Jamestown and Plymouth Rock has our American civilization been in such danger as now.
Dec 29, 1940
If Great Britain goes down, the Axis powers will control the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the high seas.
Mar 12, 1933
I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking...
Mar 12, 1933
There is an element in the readjustment of our financial system more important than currency, more important than gold, and that is the confidence of the people.
Mar 12, 1933
When you deposit money in a bank the bank does not put the money into a safe deposit vault. It invests your money in many different forms of credit...
Mar 12, 1933
The new law allows the twelve Federal Reserve banks to issue additional currency on good assets...
Mar 12, 1933
It is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than under the mattress.