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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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Jan 20, 1938

I think only this: I think we are clearing the atmosphere very, very well and the whole thing is most helpful.

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Jan 20, 1938

Of course the President never said anything like that at all.

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Jan 19, 1938

Now, Therefore, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, it is ordered that the description of the said Parcel One as contained in the said Executive Order No. 6050 of February 27, 1933, be, and…

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Jan 19, 1938

Executive Order No. 6644 of March 14, 1934, withdrawing public lands in Colorado pending a resurvey, is hereby revoked as to the following-described township.

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Jan 18, 1938

I have recommended and I support legislation to perfect the merit system in the central agency and in departments with ample safeguards to insure the proper use of discretionary powers needed by those who shall administer the system.

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Jan 18, 1938

I have recommended and I support legislation for the extension of classified civil service upward, outward, and downward.

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Jan 18, 1938

I conceive the establishment of a sound national personnel program to be one of the most important constructive steps in the improvement of government administration today.

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Jan 18, 1938

I have recommended and I support the policy for extension of the Classification Act to insure equal pay for equal work in the field services.

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Jan 16, 1938

We need more and more a consciousness of the fact that in the highest and the noblest sense we are our brother's keeper.

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Jan 16, 1938

I do proclaim that all lands which have been acquired by the United States through the Farm Security Administration or its predecessors within the external boundaries of the said Chequamegon National Forest are hereby included in and…

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Jan 16, 1938

I do proclaim that all lands which have been acquired by the United States through the Farm Security Administration or its predecessors within the exterior boundaries of the said Huron National Forest are hereby included in and reserved as…

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Jan 13, 1938

I would hate to destroy his looks, you know; he could have a perfectly good tail if you cut the muscle in it.

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Jan 13, 1938

In my judgment, the greatest immediate requirement of the utility industry is a large inflow of common capital indispensable for much needed additional construction.

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Jan 13, 1938

I think the chief objective is to find a method that will induce the investment of capital in the industry.

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Jan 13, 1938

Of course that immediately brings up one subject which he does not mention in this, and that is the amortization of securities.

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Jan 12, 1938

I do hereby exempt Edward B. Russ from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until March 1, 1939.

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Jan 11, 1938

It is further ordered that the following-described lands be, and they are hereby, subject to valid existing rights, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the…

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Jan 10, 1938

I do hereby exempt David H. Hahn from the provisions thereof and continue him in the service until February 1, 1939.

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Jan 9, 1938

Preserving the lives and health of mothers and their newborn babies is of first importance in safeguarding family life and the welfare of the whole people.

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Jan 7, 1938

I cannot help but feel pride in the fact that the Democratic Party, as it exists today, is a national party representing the essential unity of our country.

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