Sep 30, 1936
This debt is not going to be paid by oppressive taxation on future generations.
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.
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Sep 29, 1936
An opportunity for all of our people to obtain the education that will best fit them for their life work and their responsibilities as citizens is the ideal of American education.
Sep 18, 1936
I hope and believe that, with the cooperation of those interested, we shall be able to work out a constructive plan that will extend to the Southeast and other great regions of our country the benefits and comforts that can be secured…
Feb 26, 1936
This order is intended to have the effect of placing appointments to the positions involved within the terms of the above-mentioned provisions of the civil-service rules.
Feb 20, 1936
It is ordered that all the lands designated on the plat marked 'Exhibit A' attached hereto and made a part hereof, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and…
Jan 23, 1936
We have got to go a long way to catch up with the mistakes of the past
Jan 17, 1936
It is tremendously important, of course, especially in view of the fact that a lot of this work is comparatively new.
Jan 17, 1936
You have pointed a lesson that is being followed out in every other State in the Union.
Jan 16, 1936
It is not something that, when it dries, you can pick up in your hand.
Jan 16, 1936
I can think of nothing more important to the permanent welfare of the Nation than long-time agricultural adjustment carried out along these lines.
Jan 9, 1936
We must avoid any national agricultural policy that will result in shipping our soil fertility to foreign Nations.
Jan 5, 1936
I hereby order that the Secretary of the Treasury cause a suitable number of Coast Guard vessels, when the necessities of the service permit it, to cruise upon the coast in the season of severe weather and to afford such aid to distressed…
Dec 30, 1935
The Committee shall continue to exercise its present functions for the purpose of coordinating the commercial policy of the United States.
Dec 25, 1935
It is my hope and belief that the Negro, inspired by the achievements of the race to date, will go forward to even greater things in the years to come.
Dec 23, 1935
The spirit of Christmas breathes an eternal message of peace and good-will to all men.
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