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FDR

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1933, until his death on April 12, 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in New York and is best known for his leadership during two of the most significant crises in American history: the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal, a series of programs and reforms aimed at economic recovery and social welfare, which fundamentally reshaped the role of the federal government in American life.

Quotes by year · 193219455,694 total · peak 1937 (671)
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Mar 12, 1940

I hereby exempt the said Charles F. Markey from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending May 31, 1941.

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Mar 7, 1940

Miss Watkins has performed highly creditable and capable service for more than eighteen years under an excepted appointment in the Department of Justice.

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Mar 7, 1940

I remember the day in September, 1932, when I talked with an audience of farmers about the farm problem.

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Feb 13, 1940

I hereby exempt the said Alexander E. Twomey from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending February 28, 1941.

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Oct 1, 1939

Let us hope that out of our schools may come a generation which can persuade a bleeding world to supplant force with reason.

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May 9, 1939

Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too.

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Apr 14, 1939

You realize, I am sure, that throughout the world hundreds of millions of human beings are living today in constant fear of a new war or even a series of wars.

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Apr 13, 1939

It is still clear to me that international problems can be solved at the council table.

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Apr 13, 1939

Dreams of conquest appear to us as ridiculous as they are criminal.

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Apr 10, 1939

Whenever the remains of American citizens who die abroad are shipped to the United States, consular officers shall make certain that the remains are properly encased and accompanied by all necessary papers pertaining to the death, burial…

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Apr 4, 1939

This reservation shall be known as the Anclote Migratory Bird Refuge.

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Apr 3, 1939

It is ordered that the Tariff of United States Foreign Service Fees be, and it is hereby, amended

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Mar 30, 1939

I never made so many speeches in such a short time in my life.

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Mar 29, 1939

I believe that this country is going somewhere but it must depend for its future progress and prosperity very largely on the younger generation.

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Mar 28, 1939

Such tariff or tax increases, when proposed, obviously should be treated as amendments of existing tariff legislation.

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Mar 14, 1939

I hereby invite the Governors of the several States to issue Army Day proclamations.

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Mar 6, 1939

I hereby prescribe, in terms of the American dollar, the following tariff of fees to be charged and collected by officers of the United States Court of China.

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Mar 3, 1939

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress 10 supplemental estimates of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year.

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Feb 17, 1939

It may be necessary for the President to return before the third or fourth of March.

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Feb 17, 1939

Nothing is more true than that we here in the New World carry the hopes of millions of human beings in other less fortunate lands.

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