Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

The courage and the faith and the vision of the Genoese navigator glorify and enrich the drama of the early movement of European people to America.

Statement on Columbus Day

10/11/1940

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

My anchor is democracy—and more democracy.

Majority rule must be preserved as the safeguard of both liberty and civilization.

I respect the aristocracy of learning; I deplore the plutocracy of wealth; but thank God for the democracy of the heart.

I do hereby exempt Robert C. Merritt from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until September 1, 1938.