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.
Apr 14, 1938
Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing certain lands for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described public land in Claiborne Parish…
Apr 13, 1938
The time has come to bring that will into action with every driving force at our command.
Apr 13, 1938
National and international law and morality are not the restraints of weaklings; they are signs of serene strength.
Apr 13, 1938
We must start again on a long steady upward incline in national income.
Apr 13, 1938
The prosperity of the United States is of necessity a primary concern of Government.
Apr 13, 1938
Let us unanimously recognize the fact that the Federal debt... can only be paid if the Nation obtains a vastly increased citizen income.
Apr 13, 1938
Our democratic system has conferred on all of us an inestimable gift of individual liberty within the law.
Apr 13, 1938
Nothing herein contained shall restrict prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of such land under the applicable laws.
Apr 13, 1938
We need more than the materials of recovery. We need a united national will.
Apr 13, 1938
Self-restraint implies restraint by articulate public opinion, trained to distinguish fact from falsehood.
Apr 13, 1938
I never forget that I live in a house owned by all the American people and that I have been given their trust.
Apr 13, 1938
We have learned in this Western Hemisphere what community of interest really means.
Apr 13, 1938
I am determined to do all in my power to help you attain that security.
Apr 13, 1938
Your money in the bank is safe; farmers are no longer in deep distress and have greater purchasing power; dangers of security speculation have been minimized.
Apr 12, 1938
Equal taxation of incomes of similar size and equal taxation of corporations and individual taxpayers are axiomatic.
Apr 12, 1938
There is no fairness in taxing the salaried man and the merchant upon their incomes and taxing at far lower rates the profits on the capital of the speculator.
Apr 11, 1938
No passport visa or transit certificate shall be granted to an alien whose entry would be contrary to the public safety.
Apr 11, 1938
Immigrants must present unexpired passports, or official documents in the nature of passports.
Apr 11, 1938
Non-immigrants must present unexpired passports, or official documents in the nature of passports.
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