Political Quotes

FDR

The Public Record

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 19, 1935

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a draft of a proposed provision making available to the Farm Credit Administration the amount of not to exceed $60,000,000.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

It is now clear that in the spring and summer of 1933, many estimates of unemployment in the United States were far too low.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

We need other and more effective means for the immediate stopping of practices by any individual or by any corporation which are contrary to these principles.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

The rights of employees freely to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining should be fully protected.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

To provide for the machinery necessary for a great cooperative movement throughout all industry in order to obtain wide reemployment.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

The immediate objective was to check the downward spiral of the great depression.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

I find that the facts do not warrant further investigation in accordance with Section 3 (e) of said Act.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

We have begun to develop new safeguards for small enterprises.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 19, 1935

The fundamental purposes and principles of the Act are sound.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 18, 1935

Executive Order No. 2295, of January 1, 1916, withdrawing certain lands in Arizona for the joint use of the Tucson Rifle Club and the University of Arizona Rifle Club as a rifle range, is hereby modified to the extent of permitting the…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 18, 1935

It is ordered that the tract of public land in Alaska ... be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 7, 1935

Any person who served in the military or naval service of the United States between August 13, 1898, and July 4, 1902, both dates inclusive, and who left the continental United States under orders for military or naval service in Guam…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 7, 1935

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 4, 1935

Paragraph XI of Executive Order No. 6098, dated March 31, 1933 (Veterans Regulation No. 10), as amended by Executive Order No. 6234, dated July 28, 1933 (Veterans Regulation No. 10(b)), is hereby canceled as of the date of promulgation of…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 4, 1935

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, do hereby adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the National…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 4, 1935

It is ordered that all the public lands in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Washington, and Wisconsin be, and they are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 4, 1935

I do hereby find that said amendment and the Code as constituted after being amended comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 4, 1935

I do hereby order that said amendment be and it is hereby approved.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 4, 1935

I do hereby adopt and approve the said report, recommendation and findings of the National Industrial Recovery Board.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 3, 1935

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, it is ordered that the following-described tracts of land in Alaska be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest and restored to…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 3, 1935

It is ordered that the following-described public lands in the State of Nevada be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other form of appropriation.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 3, 1935

Executive Order No. 6917, of December 11, 1934, creating Federal Prison Industries, Inc., is hereby amended.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Politicians like FDR