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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
Jan 2, 1934

We have plowed the furrow and planted the good seed; the hard beginning is over.

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Jan 1, 1934

It is hereby ordered that the public land in the Territory of Alaska be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn and reserved, subject to all valid existing rights, for the use of the Territory of Alaska for burial purposes

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Jan 1, 1934

The name of the customs port of Nyando, New York, ... be changed to Rooseveltown, New York

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Dec 31, 1933

Your calm, practical and courageous action in the difficult days of last spring and summer will always be remembered.

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Dec 29, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said code of fair competition be and it is hereby approved.

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Dec 29, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of Fair Competition be and is hereby approved.

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Dec 29, 1933

I therefore hereby authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the period for exportation...of the completed articles in such cases for not more than one year.

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Dec 29, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do hereby approve said further provisions for the Retail Food and Grocery Trade.

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Dec 29, 1933

I hereby proclaim, order, direct, and declare that the proclamations of March 6, 1933, and March 9, 1933, and the Executive Order of March 10, 1933, and all orders and regulations pursuant thereto, are amended.

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Dec 29, 1933

I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby order that the following functions and powers be, and they are hereby, delegated to the Administrator for Industrial Recovery.

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Dec 29, 1933

It is necessary and proper, because of the emergency, that all merchandise (except grain) imported during the calendar year 1931 and entered for warehousing...be permitted to remain in warehouse for a further period.

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Dec 29, 1933

I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator, and do order that the said Code of Fair Competition be, and it is hereby, approved.

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Dec 29, 1933

It is necessary and proper, because of the emergency, that as to all wool or hair of the camel imported...there shall be permitted a further period during which proof that such wool or hair has been so used may be furnished.

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Dec 29, 1933

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, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations…

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Dec 29, 1933

It is hereby ordered that the following-described public lands in California be, and the same are hereby, temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry for use by the Department of Agriculture as fire-lookout sites and as…

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Dec 28, 1933

Probably through the setting up of some better machinery for the protection of the little men.

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Dec 28, 1933

I believe a lot of people are looking it up and checking on it.

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Dec 28, 1933

I ask especially that no State shall by law or otherwise authorize the return of the saloon either in its old form or in some modern guise.

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Dec 28, 1933

A lot of little fellows have thought that they might be forced out of business.

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Dec 28, 1933

It would be a great deal better for the Government as a whole if Congress could keep in very close touch with the operations of the administrative branch of the Government right straight through the year.

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Dec 28, 1933

The two worries are that the operation of some of the codes may work out in such a way that big business will be benefited to the detriment of the little businesses.

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Dec 28, 1933

What we are seeking is the method of answering those two questions.

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Dec 27, 1933

Through all of the centuries of recorded history and down to the world conflict of 1914 to 1918, wars were made by governments.

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