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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)
1932: 1 quote1933: 315 quotes1934: 566 quotes1935: 519 quotes1936: 320 quotes1937: 671 quotes1938: 462 quotes1939: 86 quotes1940: 494 quotes1941: 517 quotes1942: 660 quotes1943: 493 quotes1944: 467 quotes1945: 123 quotes
Feb 17, 1938

That phrase, 'better balance of prices,' is the key to the whole thing.

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Feb 17, 1938

We are seeking to balance the relationship among different groups of prices that will promote full employment.

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Feb 17, 1938

No, the policy is to help restore balance in the price structure.

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Feb 16, 1938

It is ordered that the port of Port St. Joe, Florida, be, and it is hereby, designated as a customs port of entry in Customs Collection District No. 18 (Florida),

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Feb 16, 1938

I do hereby exempt Dr. J. Davis Bradfield from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until March 1, 1939.

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Feb 9, 1938

This estimate of $250,000,000 will permit the continued employment for the next five months of the number now on such rolls, and will provide a reasonable measure of relief for those who have recently become unemployed and are in need.

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Feb 9, 1938

It has become increasingly clear that these needs cannot be met unless employment by the Works Progress Administration is increased immediately.

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Feb 7, 1938

The Executive Order of December 9, 1875, establishing the Baird Fish Hatchery on the McCloud River, California, is hereby revoked.

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Feb 7, 1938

The Executive Order of April 28, 1917, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 621, is hereby revoked as to the following-described lands

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Feb 7, 1938

It is ordered that paragraph 13, Subdivision III, Schedule A of the Civil Service Rules be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: '13. Public Health Service: All persons actually employed in leprosy, yellow fever, and psittacosis…

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Feb 7, 1938

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, the Executive Order of December 12, 1917, creating Power-Site…

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Feb 2, 1938

Present drilled reserves are estimated to be capable of supplying demand only until November, 1941.

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Feb 2, 1938

To meet expected demand during twenty years to come it would be necessary...to discover twenty-eight billion barrels of new oil.

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Feb 1, 1938

I have the high hope that the industry under the guidance of and in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission will prove itself to be worthy of the great public trust reposed in it.

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Feb 1, 1938

The broadcasting industry has, indeed, a very great opportunity to serve the public, but along with this opportunity goes an important responsibility to see that this means of communication is made to serve the high purposes of a democracy.

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Jan 30, 1938

It is a very significant thing that this awakening has come about in America.

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Jan 30, 1938

I am grateful to you for this wonderful expression of faith-of faith and works.

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Jan 30, 1938

I appreciate your coming here and all I can say is God bless you; keep up the good work.

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Jan 30, 1938

That is one reason why the Churches are stronger today than they were four years ago.

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Jan 30, 1938

I cannot help feeling myself, from the testimony that comes to me day by day, that there has been definite and distinct progress towards a spiritual reawakening in the four years which have passed since I spoke in 1934.

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Jan 30, 1938

I must make a confession: I did not realize until the last few years how much influence America has in the world.

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Jan 28, 1938

We expect through scientific research, through epidemic first aid, through dissemination of knowledge of care and treatment, to help men and women and especially children in every part of the land.

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