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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 · 193219455,696 total · peak 1937 (671)
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Sep 4, 1942

The rights of free labor and free men have vanished in the conquered lands.

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Sep 2, 1942

The better world for which you fight—and for which some of you give your lives—will not come merely because we shall have won the war.

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Sep 2, 1942

The said Rudolph Forster and Maurice C. Latta are hereby exempted and further exempted, respectively, from compulsory retirement for age.

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Sep 2, 1942

Victory is essential; but victory is not enough for you—or for us.

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Sep 2, 1942

What I have said to our American soldiers and sailors applies to all the young men and women of the United Nations who are facing our common enemies.

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Aug 30, 1942

The cornerstone of this hospital was laid by me on Armistice Day, 1940.

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Aug 30, 1942

Without this work of conditioning, flesh and blood could not possibly meet the demands of this modern war.

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Aug 30, 1942

Not all of us can participate in direct action against our enemies; but all of us can participate in the saving of our national manpower.

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Aug 30, 1942

Battles cannot be fought and won without cost—we know that—and the cost may be heavy in ships and in men.

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Aug 30, 1942

Such lands shall remain available to the State of New York for use and management by its Conservation Department

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Aug 30, 1942

The Secretary of Agriculture shall retain such jurisdiction over the lands now in process of acquisition by the United States as may be necessary to enable him to complete their acquisition

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Aug 30, 1942

The said lands are hereby reserved as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife

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Aug 30, 1942

Jurisdiction over the 47,207.55 acres, more or less, of lands...be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior

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Aug 30, 1942

Today, those enemies know the beginning of the answer to that question.

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Aug 24, 1942

It will upset the whole war effort if they don't make certain sacrifices in the things they buy.

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Aug 24, 1942

I think the only thing I could say on the particular Detroit problem must be said completely off the record.

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Aug 24, 1942

But you can't stabilize wages without stabilizing farm prices.

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Aug 24, 1942

And I think that if the farmer's wife all the way through the country had it explained to her, about the cost of living to her, I think the farmer's wife would appreciate it, and understand it, and go along with the effort to stabilize the…

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Aug 24, 1942

We are all in the same boat, and we are going to make some pretty tough sacrifices—on the part of everybody—before we get through.

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