Franklin D. Roosevelt1882–1945The quotations of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
1882–1945
32 quotes, most often on America, War & Peace and Money. Part of the U.S. Presidents collection.
- Fourth inaugural address (1945)
- Address to Congress on Yalta (1 March 1945)
- Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936)
This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.
- Letter to Col. Edward Mandell House (21 November 1933); as quoted in F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, 1928-1945, edited by Elliott Roosevelt (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950), pg. 373
- Third inaugural address (1941)
We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.
Fireside chat on national defense (May 26, 1940), reported in The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 (1941), p. 240Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
Address at Madison Square Garden (1936)We shall strive for perfection. We shall not achieve it immediately — but we still shall strive.
Fourth inaugural address (1945)No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
Address at Madison Square Garden (1936)- Fireside Chat (24 June 1938)
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.
